lets talk zinglish now... I mightz hearz nowz...:) To newuser boss...There is a well-documented reason for the shift between British English and American English. While I don't remember the details, I remember that there was a push by several powerful groups during the earlier days of the country to make changes to the language. One of these changes was the removing of "useless" letters in words, thus the shift from the -our in "colour" to just -or. There was a whole convention of changes adopted during the period, and plenty of them were integrated into the American spelling vernacular. I believe Webster of dictionary fame was involved, but don't quote me on that. Anyway, theres a few good sites out there that detail the history of the schism between the two forms. Just remember, language is supposed to evolve. I'm sure people back in the day where having a fit about dropping the final -e on "olde."