wellinghall | (no subject)

I should point out that this is the domain of my field of work, so I use it a lot, and I work for an American company, so we spell it the American way.

Of course, I then feel obliged to *pronounce* it mode-ling.

What sort of model(l)ing do you do?

Materials Science.

Oh yes, I now (vaguely) remember you saying before what sort of work you did. Not much like my actuarial modelling, then; but I wouldn't be totally surprised to learn that we used similar techniques in some areas.

Well, I don't actually do any myself, I write the software that lets other people do it.

Always remembering that I cannot spell and that UK English spellcheckers were invented just for me.

Darn it, there's another spelling I'm going to have to learn to change in order to blend in on the East Coast. Blargh! I'm still having trouble accepting the lack of dipthongs. What is wrong with oedema, paediactric, haematuria, aetiology? Hm? What, what?! Edema...just looks so wrong.

Oesophagus and anaemia, to name but two that are relevant to me ...

But what do I know? I can flunk spelling real easy.
modeling modeled It should be noted that my spelling checker thought they are ok.
It does not seem to like modelling and modelled. It is an American spell checker. I haven't bothered to add the British and Canadian dictionaries. I have taught it how to spell theatre and Tolkien and other words I needed.

Either

muuranker or ExMemSec told me of the time when, editing the 1992 proceedings, they set up their spell checker to know that Turin without an accent was wrong, and Turin with an accent was right. Then had to type the name of a particular Italian town.

American and one "l". So, do you write "traveling" or "travelling"? With the double-ls, I feel obliged to read it with the accent on the second syllable.

Yes, UK spelling is "travelling". And with single-l, *I* feel obliged to read it as only two syllables in total, i.e. trave-ling. Such is the power of conditioning to our local norms ;-)

Yeah. Here (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/s20.html)'s how I was taught back in the 60s & 70s.

That was extremely helpful.

Oddly, the science fiction role playing game is American, but is spelled "Traveller".

Just after the Revolution, there was a movement among the Jefferson-Franklin crowd to Americanize spelling. I'm sure they would have wanted to come up with an entirely new language if they thought it possible. Changing the spelling was the next best thing. The differences in US/UK spelling are the result, most notably -or/-our and check/cheque. They were so "enlightened," donchaknow.
I was the county spelling champion when I was in the eighth grade (13 years old). I won with "canceled"; I lost the district contest, spelling "rhythm" as "rhythem."
I used to be a pretty good speller, but thirty years of reeding studint papers has pritty mutch ruined that.

It's good to hear from you again :-) How have you been?

Have had end-of-semester student emails to tend.Makes one not want to linger...