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[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Those spellings have been around since the 13th century, so it'd be kinda weird to standardize them now.

Other words we can't decide on: litre/liter, neighbour/neighbor and aluminium/aluminum

[–] starbrite@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You spelled it "neighbour" twice

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oops, thanks. Guess I can't really blame auto correct for doing its job.

[–] gens@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aluminium is the one and standard.