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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 12.07.2019 23:42   
      
    AH>> I also note with interest that our neighbours to the south tend to   
    AH>> shorten the spelling of words like "cheque" and "neighbour", in an   
    AH>> apparent attempt to simplify the language.   
      
    AK>> Is "check and neighbor" a tendency to shorten?   
    AK>> It is just the American spelling which is different   
    AK>  from the British/Canadian one.   
      
    AH> Can you think of any [esp. US] spelling which requires more letters   
    AH> than the [esp. UK/Can/Aus] equivalent? Offhand, I can't....   
      
   I am not sure I understand. If they (Americans, your south neighbours) shorten   
   "neighbour" they got "neighbor", the American spelling.   
   https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/neighbour   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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