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In class, I

In class, I spelled theatre... well, theatre, and everyone was like "That's the British spelling!" Do any other American theatre kids (Yes, I am still going to be stubborn and spell it theatre the rest of my life,) spell it like that?

submitted by An actress
(December 14, 2015 - 8:51 pm)

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l do not spell theater, theatre but l do spell many words the British way without even thinking about it.

 

submitted by Shadow Dragon, age Infinity, TARDIS
(December 14, 2015 - 11:09 pm)

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submitted by Topity top
(December 15, 2015 - 3:06 pm)

I spell it both ways! :) 

~Poetic Panda 

submitted by Poetic Panda, age 13, Overland Park, KS
(December 15, 2015 - 4:45 pm)

I like to spell it "theater" when referring to a building and "theatre" when referring to the art itself (as in theatre class). I'm not sure if I read that that's the right way somewhere or if I just decided that that was how I would do it. On the other hand, I am not consistent and don't always do it that way. And it doesn't come up too often anyway. Also, I'm with Shadow Dragon, sometimes I just feel like typing "grey" instead of "gray" and things like that. 

 

submitted by Sydney C., age 13
(December 15, 2015 - 4:57 pm)

I always write "grey". I think it looks prettier. My friend thinks I should write it in the Americal spelling. She says: "I can do it because I'm from Canada." *cough* That's silly in my opinion, of course my friend also demands that people are evil and should die and the world should be left to the animals.

submitted by Abigail S., age 11, Nose In a Book
(December 21, 2015 - 12:29 pm)

Hey no worries An actress. I spell theatre the same way. So just saying.. you're not alone!! 

submitted by Joan B. of Arc , age 13, Camelot
(December 15, 2015 - 5:30 pm)

I don't spell it that way, but I've read so many British books I often find myself exclaiming "Oi!" r something similar.

submitted by St.Owl, age Recarnated, Everywhere
(December 15, 2015 - 7:22 pm)

Theatre, colour, grey, realise, as well as pretty much any other words you can think of. Yes, I spell it the British way, and I'm proud.

submitted by Booksy Owly
(December 15, 2015 - 7:42 pm)

I mostly spell it theater, but when I'm in the mood I use the British spelling.

submitted by OtR
(December 15, 2015 - 7:59 pm)

I do! I also like to do other British spellings, like practise. I think it's because I read a lot of books written in British English.

submitted by Applejaguar, age !), New York
(December 16, 2015 - 3:11 pm)

I lived in London for four years before moving back to America just last year, so in school we'd write certain words the British way, and I still have the same habit now. I spell theater like theatre (unless of course I'm talking about something like a movie theater, in which case I spell it the American way), gray like grey, aging like ageing, neighborhood like neighbourhood (and all the other "ou"s: favourite, colour, flavour, etc), fiber like fibre, and most if not all of the time I will replace the "z" (like in organize or liquidize) with an "s" when appropriate (like organise or liquidise). I picked up the accent when I lived there, so I still have a slight British accent now. (My friends like to make fun of me for it haha) I pronounce "vitamins" (vite-a-mins) like "vit-a-mins," "status" (staah-tus) like "stay-tus," "garage" (gah-rahj) like "gare-idge," "mobile" (mo-bul) like "mo-bile," and "herb" (erb) like "herb," including the "h" sound. I've also been having to train my mouth to make the "er" sound again (we funny UK people pronounce "er" like "uh"), which is VERY difficult if you've been a Brit for four years! 

submitted by Lacey
(December 23, 2015 - 11:09 am)