Nealaphh's Wonderful Wisdoms of Words.

[Magus]

Can we talk about British English verses 'American' English for a bit?

Gray v grey comes to mind immediately. And I'm sure there's more.

Whenever I see extra 'u's in words, I know they're not from Freedomland.

And then "tyre" and all sorts of other odd spellings... not to mention all the different words, like "lift" instead of "elevator..." this might warrant its own thread. ||D

On a different note, I have pretty good grammar in general, but I'm a bad offender when it comes to "all right" vs. "alright," at least in conversational speech. The former just sounds different to me - like it has a separate connotation or something. Now that I'm pondering it, I think I use "alright" in a very informal context to mean "Let's get back on topic"/"let's get this started": it's a transition of sorts. I use the proper spelling in the context of "Oh, it's all right; don't worry about it" or "finally, everything will be all right." Funny. \

And since we're in a grammar thread... when (if ever) are single quotes (like 'this') appropriate as opposed to double quotes? This came to mind as I was inserting quotes around words earlier in this post.

"Alright" isn't actually wrong. It's an accepted spelling and shows up in dictionaries incl. Merriam-Webster's. It's just like "spelled" and "spelt." I hate "spelt" and it looks wrong but it's an accepted spelling.

*Finger guns*