American and British English spelling differences

names such as Cuddapah and Punjab" Edward Carney: Survey of English Spelling (2012), page 56: "Not all distributional differences, however, have important

speakers of American English due to spelling differences between American and British English (i.e. as Tolkien was British the spelling "colour" is used

雖然沃德爾的故鄉是威爾斯，不過他居住在纽约，所以《Wordle》內的單詞使用美式拼寫（英语：American and British English spelling differences），令使用美式拼法的玩家更有優勢。此事也導致其中一天的答案「favor」觸怒了一些認為不公平的英國玩家。

Spelling）與語法（Grammar）不同，而產生差異的語言變體。方言與口音（accent）不同，口音純粹是發音方式的差異。關於英語的口音差異，請參見英語地域口音（英语：Regional accents of English）。

reference to social differences or class dialects: the report of an investigation financed by the National Council of Teachers of English and supported by the