囧研究：美式拼寫(xiě)比英式拼寫(xiě)更流行(雙語(yǔ))

冬咚

　　British English may have come first, but around the world, the American way of spelling is now far more popular.
　　或許先有英式英語(yǔ)的，但美式拼寫(xiě)方法現(xiàn)在流行得多,。

　　A recent examination of these two variants of the English language show that publications now largely use the American version, swapping words like ‘centre’ for ‘center’ after the 1880s.
　　最近一項(xiàng)研究審視了這兩大英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言的變種,，發(fā)現(xiàn)出版期刊如今大幅使用美式英語(yǔ)，自19世紀(jì)80年代后,，就把centre這樣的詞語(yǔ)替換成center,。

　　According to the data, this shift was further strengthened around the time of World War I – and as the language evolved, even the British have ditched the spelling of some words for their trans-Atlantic counterparts.
　　從數(shù)據(jù)看，這一變化在一戰(zhàn)期間又進(jìn)一步加劇,，隨著語(yǔ)言的演變,，甚至英國(guó)人自己也摒棄有些單詞的拼寫(xiě)方式，換成大西洋彼岸的美式拼寫(xiě),。

　　Among many words, including ‘grey’ and ‘flavour,’ British English can be seen dwindling around 1880, when American English began to cross into wider use.
　　眾多詞匯里包括"grey"和“flavour”,。大約在1890年間，英式英語(yǔ)開(kāi)始衰退,，而美式英語(yǔ)的運(yùn)用卻越來(lái)越廣泛,。

　　Since then, English-language publications have preferred ‘gray’ and ‘flavor,’ and despite fluctuations in use over the years, they’ve remained more popular than the preceding versions since overtaking them.
　　自此以后，英語(yǔ)出版物也開(kāi)始偏向用"gray"和“flavor”,。盡管多年來(lái)就如何拼寫(xiě)有過(guò)反復(fù),，自從美式英語(yǔ)趕超英式英語(yǔ)之后，"gray"和“flavor“比起之前的拼寫(xiě)方式而言,，還是更受歡迎,。

　　During World War I, the world also began to favor ‘defense’ over the British English version, ‘defence.’
　　一戰(zhàn)期間，世界也開(kāi)始喜歡用“defense”,，而非英式版本的“defence”,。

　　注：藍(lán)色為美式英語(yǔ)，紅色為英式英語(yǔ),。

　　For many years, British English maintained its hold on ‘honour,’ grappling with the American version for years as the two flip-flopped in popularity around the world. In the 1970s, however, American English gained a clear lead as ‘honor’ increasingly became the more spelling of choice.
　　多年來(lái),，英式英語(yǔ)保持著“honour”的拼法，和美式英語(yǔ)相持不下,，隨著這兩種英語(yǔ)的地位互換,，受歡迎程度也起了變化。然而，在20世紀(jì)70年代,，美式英語(yǔ)取得領(lǐng)先,，“honor”的拼法逐漸成為拼寫(xiě)主流。（滬江英語(yǔ)）