Don Pearce wrote:
>>>Exactly - we don't have variants, we have the correct spelling. I
>>>understand there is an American variant, however.
>>
>>Yes, I suppose that's correct if you insist your viewpoint is the
>>authoritative one.
>
>
> Well, certainly original. I think we have to agree that a variant is that
> which came after - not before.

You're on shaky ground here. In many cases the American spelling is the
original
and the Brits changed it later.


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