User blog comment:Variousthings3251/Poll for American & British Spelling/@comment-4189499-20140313053738

I voted for British, but in actual fact I use Australian English. The thing is, it's practically identical to British English in just about every way. I know the same is true for New Zealand English, South African English, Irish English (Ireland not being part of Britain) and, well, just about every other native form of English used outside the United States of America. In effect, American spelling is used by the minority of the English speaking world, where everyone else speaks what is in effect British English with a few minor tweaks for local idioms. That means colour is spelled with a u, categorisation does not contain a z, and liquorice has a lovely q in it. If your keyboard is telling you that British Spelling is wrong, just change it from American English to just about any other type and I can almost guarantee you that it will accept the proper spelling of words, ie the spellings used in British English. Why should we be forcing the majority to follow the practices of the minority?