how canuck are you
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How Canuck are you?
ColorColour
NeighborNeighbour
CentreCenter
ChequeCheck
HumourousHumorous
TravelingTravelling
DialledDialed
Dialled is a trick. Theres only one correct spelling.8
ProgrammeProgram
It depends on how snooty you are.Programme is British English although many arts groups on this side of the pond use this spelling for things like concert programmes. Otherwise, its always program.9
LicenseLicence
With a C is for the noun form. With an S is for the adjective/verb forms.Unless, of course, youre American and you just use an S for everything.Canadians are very divided on this one.10
AcclimateAcclimatize
AnalyseAnalyze
In the early 1800`s, a man by the name of Noah Webster Americanized the spelling of many words. There are now a number of differences between how Canadians and Americans spell certain words.
Analyse = CanadaAnalyze = US
Read more: http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/canadian-american-spelling-differences-does-your-blog-speak-to-the-proper-market.html#ixzz3YpEb1fRn
http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/canadian-american-spelling-differences-does-your-blog-speak-to-the-proper-market.html12
AluminiumAluminum
DietitianDietician
The Microsoft spell-check only recognizes the variant of dietitian with a c in the English Canada version but in the USA both forms of the word are recognized. 14
ArbutusMadrona