Often American differences from current English are because of a very curious reason. That reason being that the American spelling was the traditional one when they left British shores, and the British are the ones who have updated the spelling. Happens more often than you'd think.
Although Aluminum is a strange one. The British discoverer called it alum, alumina, aluminum and finally aluminium. Aluminium was the preferred name in the USA too, except dictionary editors preferred aluminum. At the end of the Victorian age, both spellings were used equally in the USA and then the use of aluminium just dropped off until it finally became virtually extinct.
No-one is to blame. No-one is wrong. All you're seeing there is the evolution of words throughout time. They're like rocks rubbing against each other; always liable to be shaped differently over time.
The most important thing to note is that because one person is right, it doesn't make someone who disagrees with them wrong. They could also be right too, even contrarily.
What do you think about British/American spelling differences?
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Often American differences from current English are because of a very curious reason. That reason being that the American spelling was the traditional one when they left British shores, and the British are the ones who have updated the spelling. Happens more often than you'd think.
Although Aluminum is a strange one. The British discoverer called it alum, alumina, aluminum and finally aluminium. Aluminium was the preferred name in the USA too, except dictionary editors preferred aluminum. At the end of the Victorian age, both spellings were used equally in the USA and then the use of aluminium just dropped off until it finally became virtually extinct.
No-one is to blame. No-one is wrong. All you're seeing there is the evolution of words throughout time. They're like rocks rubbing against each other; always liable to be shaped differently over time.
The most important thing to note is that because one person is right, it doesn't make someone who disagrees with them wrong. They could also be right too, even contrarily.