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A comment on The young centre of the Earth (2016). Parent comment

Re:The young centre of the Earth (2016) by mechatrocity on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:08PM (#21457808)
Centre is the standard for all English countries except the US, no? We use centre in Canada
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Re:The young centre of the Earth (2016) by User23 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @01:21AM (#21460173)
This was the work of spelling reformer Noah Webster[1]. He was quite influential in the United States, but unsurprisingly the British Empire was less enthused by his early 19th century linguistic innovations.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster

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