What are some words you feel sound more right in both the American and British English?

I use a mix of the two depending on the word.

For example, I stand by pronouncing words like “Amazon” with an “ehn” sound at the end ovet an “ohn” sound, prefer spelling colour and flavour with a u, and also like using double Ls for words like travelling. Also, it is “grey”. (British English)

However, I pronounce Z as “zee”and call them fries rather than chips.

There are also spellings where I sort of alternate between depending on my mood, such as “meter” vs “metre”and“airplane” vs “aeroplane”

Are there any words that you think sound better in British and American spellings/pronunciations?

    • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 days ago

      Depends on the tense.

      I spell it wrong.

      I have spelled it wrong.

      I spelled it wrong.

      I had spelt it wrong.

      “I had spelled it wrong” sounds like a hillbilly.

    • Wahots@pawb.social
      11·
      2 days ago

      Dropping the U’s from words such as “colour” - I get the simplification argument and I’d take or leave them, but I’m pro-U.

      The pronunciation seems slightly different too, Color (Kolor) vs colour (coul-err). Or at least I pronounce them slightly differently depending on which word I read.