Centrelink, for example.In short you are wrong, however i agree that that should be how it is used much like meter and metre.You meant “It’s”. Here in Australia, Centre is used in official government department names. Now to change all the auto-correct dictionaries…Some time I thought that if actual spelling of “centre” is “center” in US then why US english use “central” in place of “centeral”I was wondering,if American’s shouldn’t have just totally reformed English and applied consistent phonetic spelling.Perhaps instead of the word center,the new spelling could have been senter and so on. We presume you’re talking about U.K. English (though we’ve heard similar suggestions about Canadian English). I agree with Chris. However, Firefox does show it as an error.Yes!

Even now MS Word will suddenly change your regional settings to English (US) if you copy and paste text in from a website. Depending on your answer, you may differ on which spellings you favor. The way people on both sides of the pond distinguish homonyms like row, bow, wind, tear, sow, and lead, for example.“For example, we should use “centeral” instead of “central”…”Centre being the middle of the road versus Center being A Civic Center, as examples, were taught as the correct English spelling in Rochester NY grammar schools during the 1940’s.“Center” gets really awkward when extended to Central.So, we should be pronouncing it “sen-tre” instead of “sen-ter”?
Here’s “centre” in the Daily Telegraph: As you can see, these publications (and we looked at many others, with similar results) spell the word “centre” in all its uses except when referring to American things.

We searched through a range of British publications and found “center” used only in reference to American things, and “centre” is used everywhere else. Usage of Centre and Center Centre ‘“ is used in Britain and countries that have adopted the British system of spelling such as Canada and India. What about words like remembrance or monstrous?Centre is the correct English spelling for the word and at some point in the early 1800’s or earlier, an American misspelled it, and published said mistake.

“How do you differentiate a meter between a meter (i.e., your water meter)?”By using one’s brain, of course. Moreover—and please forgive the tangent—, have you noticed it doesn’t contain one of the most beautiful words in the language ‘sun-shower’?! Now the “centre” spelling is showing up in all sorts of adverts that want to appear posh.I see ‘centre’ in proper names, but I’ve never seen an American book say something like ‘we were in the town centre’.I wouldn’t believe any newspaper with regards to spelling these day.
If Marquis de La Fayette had not crossed the Atlantic with his troops to help the rebels, English would still be spoken in North America.

The show featured hundreds of cast members, including honorary men and women from the The ACC hosted the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 Closing Ceremony on September 20, 2017. This is my the word was changed to center but it remained central, centric, metric, and fibrous because the “tr” cluster is heard in the adjectives but not in the nouns. However I have seen a proliferation of the American spelling all over the place as more and more immigrants come to Canada and they learned English at an international English school that teaches the American spelling, as well at younger people being apathetic. In Canada we make use of the word “Centre” for locations such as the “Bell Centre” located in Montreal, Quebec. :)Why would you say that? (Both spellings have been used by British writers from time to time and the SOED seems to suggest that ‘center’ is the older version. It was a common variant as long ago as the 16th century.I feel sorry. Let us know if we’re missing something.the replies above (Indian Peacock) suggested the opposite of what Chris here is saying. “Center” is the American spelling, and that’s the way it’s viewed. So, grammatically the right one is centre.I wish I knew about this in elementary school, I could have said I was spelling things British. On the other hand, the word centre also refers to the middle of an object or a place. Then we were taught to spell it “centre”.Central is to centre as center is to enter…… maybe?I think you meant: mistre, mastre, carpentre, newspapre, computre, printre, bindre, dressmakre, etc! Again, this doesn’t mean that the preference isn’t out there. Read All News A spectacular park will mark the longitudinal centre of Canada on the Trans-Canada Highway to commemorate our country’s 150th anniversary. Is it the number of political entities that exist that use those spellings or the sheer number of people whom use those spellings?sorry cookie but Metre, Litre are measurements of the metric system, a French invention (with the original metre a platinum-iridium bar).How do you differentiate a meter between a meter (i.e., your water meter)?“sorry cookie but Metre, Litre are measurements of the metric system, a French invention”Actually, it’s mètre, so even with the -re it’s not being spelled correctly, using your logic.

It is important to know that the word center (centre) refers to the middle of an object or a place. Center or centre is a sporting position in games like football. Notice that center (and centre) can be a noun, adjective, or a verb. My laptop keyboard is dysfunctional and jumps around and changes letters willy-nilly. The event featured an arrangement of international headline music artists, coming together to celebrate and recognize the Invictus Games competitors.

You see the steep increase in occurrence up to 2000 – this mirrors word processing adoption. Pandemic has Curling Canada facing Olympic trials complications Grand Slam trims circuit to just two events for 2020-21 Curling Canada unveils return-to-play guide Welcome to Pilot Career Centre - Pilot Jobs and more!