Talk:cancelled
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Ragityman
Usage rates
- canceled 19,200,000 googles
- cancelled 41,800,000 googles
checked JillianE 16:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
The US English spelling only has one 'l.' I don't think that Google should be the sole mediator of this debate. What it comes down to is that "canceled" is correct in the US, and "cancelled" is the later form that has only recently been accepted. I know these following sources are not enough to warrant a change in this article and the debate is hotly contested on the internet, but it should at least be considered.
Sources: Dictionary.com, MSDN Blog --Third 06:30, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
- By what source do you call it an American spelling? The one upset British poster at the end of the blog saying so? I've lived in America all my long life, and I don't recall ever having seen "canceled" in writing. --Connel MacKenzie T C 06:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
- I concur wholeheartedly. I have been correcting spelling for 50 years. As irregular as English is, there are rules, and not doubling the "l" would be an exception to the rule that I don't see listed in rules of style. A Brit speller, it would seem, should not be the difinitive source for American usage.