Eleanor pulled on her favourite grey sweater and stepped outside to check on her neighbour’s garden. The autumn colour was breathtaking — fibre-thin leaves of amber and crimson drifted past the old theatre on the corner. She had promised to catalogue the different plants while Margaret was travelling, and she took the task seriously. After scribbling notes in her cheque-book sized journal, she wandered back inside, put the kettle on, and settled in for a quiet afternoon. It was the kind of ordinary day she had learned to recognise as its own small gift.

🦅 US English

Eleanor pulled on her favorite gray sweater and stepped outside to check on her neighbor’s garden. The autumn color was breathtaking — fiber-thin leaves of amber and crimson drifted past the old theater on the corner. She had promised to catalog the different plants while Margaret was traveling, and she took the task seriously. After scribbling notes in her check-book sized journal, she wandered back inside, put the kettle on, and settled in for a quiet afternoon. It was the kind of ordinary day she had learned to recognize as its own small gift.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

as an english canadian, i now feel so validated in my inability to confidently spell these words

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

You should see my spell checker and grammar checker light up on the US one.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 2 months ago

This is why I never know if a word ends with re or er.

[–] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I never really appreciated just how different American spelling is until I read this

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

This is just a small amount of words.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My personal favourite is "colourized".

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I will admit I had AI write this because I did not know what some of the words they spell wrong were; I did not know that they did not hace cheques rather they had checks.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

spelled

It's spelt.

[–] czarcasm@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Spelt is a grain. :)