Well OP American English has retrained many terms and spelling that predates their revolution.
Common examples is "diaper" a term used by the United Kingdom that was later replaced with "Nappy" the United States retained the term.
Words that end in "zation" eg. Organization is of Latin origin - the spelling of "Organisation" was adopted into English via French from Latin.
In terms of original pronunciation the United States has retrained the original pronunciation like as in "lieutenant" which is of French orgins, in American English they have kept the original pronunciation where as other English accents have changed.
English is unique as it doesn't have a organisation or body that oversees the language. Even before the new world was colonised there were no system to dictate the spelling within England itself. Spelling varied due to the numerous accents in England and eventually parts of Wales and Scotland.
If you are familiar with the "vowel shift" the British English accents were originally Rhotic (most accents) must like most American accents. The irony is, that plays in William Shakespeare were probably spoken in an accent closer to the accents in the United States.
OP: For the record I am a person who prefers to use commonwealth spelling as oppose to "American spelling".
Is it normal that I hate Americanisms of word?
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Well OP American English has retrained many terms and spelling that predates their revolution.
Common examples is "diaper" a term used by the United Kingdom that was later replaced with "Nappy" the United States retained the term.
Words that end in "zation" eg. Organization is of Latin origin - the spelling of "Organisation" was adopted into English via French from Latin.
In terms of original pronunciation the United States has retrained the original pronunciation like as in "lieutenant" which is of French orgins, in American English they have kept the original pronunciation where as other English accents have changed.
English is unique as it doesn't have a organisation or body that oversees the language. Even before the new world was colonised there were no system to dictate the spelling within England itself. Spelling varied due to the numerous accents in England and eventually parts of Wales and Scotland.
If you are familiar with the "vowel shift" the British English accents were originally Rhotic (most accents) must like most American accents. The irony is, that plays in William Shakespeare were probably spoken in an accent closer to the accents in the United States.
OP: For the record I am a person who prefers to use commonwealth spelling as oppose to "American spelling".