American Spelling

What is American Spelling?

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Initiated by Noah Webster in the early 19th century, American Spelling is perhaps the most successful effort ever to make the English language more phonetically written, thus decreasing its unnecessary difficulties for people trying to learn it as a foreign language.

Come on, do people in England really pronounce "centre" as "sen-tray"?
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