User talk:GilD21960

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Coobra (Talk) 02:00, June 22, 2009

American English vs British English
"Defense" is the American spelling, "Defence" the British. Both are correct. I do not believe (or at least cannot find) a policy stating that one version or the other is defined to be wiki standard. I'm betting, though, that most editors here are American, so don't be surprised if your edit gets reverted. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 17:55, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

So far as I am aware there is no difference in American vs. English spelling: in both languages the noun is 'defence' and the verb 'defense', but it is certainly true that Americans are much more relaxed about that point. However, I do know it should only be spelt one way in one usage on one page, so I corrected the single odd spelling to agree with all the others.


 * Firefox's built-in spellchecker doesn't recognize 'defence' as a word; and I have in fact never used that spelling in either role. I am, however, an anecdote. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 22:03, May 3, 2010 (UTC)