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"Centre" or "Center"


Fishnwire

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Is it "centre" or "center"...the context is this:

 

Amongst the other electricians at the mine I work, we began refering to our underground shop as the "action centre" (or center) as a little joke because the phone rings off the hook down there sometimes.

 

I looked at online dictionaries and can't seem to determine if both are equally acceptable, or one would be better. Is it just a Canadian vs American thing?

 

Thanx in advance.

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I'm not a teacher nor a scholar but...

 

I think ; CENTER means the middle of something "I shot the bulls eye in the CENTER"

 

CENTRE

"I'm going to pick up a new fishing rod at the shopping CENTRE"

 

??????????????

 

Randy

:canadian:

 

that's the way I used it too

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I am in agreement with Randy and Terry on this.

 

It is a British and American thing. I believe the spelling was changed around the same time that the spelling of colour and color, neighbour and neighbor, etc were changed.

 

Tom.

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