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Many have hypothesised that British spelling was created when the social elite of the British empire emigrated to the Americas, leaving the uneducated without substantial knowledge about how to write their own language, let alone speak it. While it is argued by some that it was the other way around, like all things in modern society, this article will take the American perspective.

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  • Many have hypothesised that British spelling was created when the social elite of the British empire emigrated to the Americas, leaving the uneducated without substantial knowledge about how to write their own language, let alone speak it. While it is argued by some that it was the other way around, like all things in modern society, this article will take the American perspective.
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  • Many have hypothesised that British spelling was created when the social elite of the British empire emigrated to the Americas, leaving the uneducated without substantial knowledge about how to write their own language, let alone speak it. While it is argued by some that it was the other way around, like all things in modern society, this article will take the American perspective.
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