American and British English Differences -- Page 1

1. Spelling of words ending in "our" in British English are "or" in American English.
A representative list of such words is:

British American   British American   British American   British American
arbour arbor   armour armor   behaviour behavior   candour candor
colour color   clamour clamor   enamour enamor   favour favor
fervour fervor   flavour flavor   fervour fervor   harbour harbor
honour honor   humour humor   labour labor   manoeuvre maneuver
odour odor   parlour parlor   rancour rancor   rumour rumor
tumour tumor   valour valor   splendour splender   vigour vigor

2. Many American words ending in "or" also end in "or" in British English.
Some examples of this are:

actor anchor captor censor debtor decor donor error factor jailor manor
minor pallor pastor razor sector terror tremor tutor victor visitor

3. Many American words with a Double "l" have a single "l" in British English.
Some examples of this are:

British American   British American   British American   British American
wilful willful   skilful skillful   fulfil fullfil counsellor counselor
labelling labeling   libelling libeling   dialled dialed   travelling traveling

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