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Topic	Americans, what British spellings do you prefer? And vice versa for Brit CEfolk?
Trumble 05/07/24 4:22:15 PM #20:	Robot2600 posted... Draught can be pronounced both ways. Draughts = checkers (drots) Draught of ale = draft Do actual British people still use the first meaning? "Draughts" in that sense is very much a boomer word here in NZ (which does tend towards British English), younger people would just call it checkers. --- I fought the Trumble and the Trumble won. <cite>Trumble posted [p:980286471] in Americans,... [t:80764082]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted... </cite><quote>Draught can be pronounced both ways.Draughts = checkers (drots)Draught of ale = draft</quote>Do actual British people still use the first meaning? "Draughts" in that sense is very much a boomer word here in NZ (which does tend towards British English), younger people would just call it checkers. --- I fought the Trumble and the Trumble won.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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