miked;276191 Wrote: 
> Doesn't the US-centric spelling just make it sound more "exotic"
> elsewhere?
> 
> I notice that many places here in the states say "theatre" when they're
> trying to sound more upscale and/or Euro, so I always presumed that
> spelling it the US way in Europe would have the same connotation . . .
> .
> 
> (An aside: I worked at one place that wanted to sound more
> international than they actually were; we had an administrator from
> South Africa, so she did everybody's outgoing voicemail message . . .
> .)
Most people in Europe don't care and wouldn't be able to tell the
difference if it's theatre or theater, Squeezecentre or Squeezecenter
just because English isn't their native tongue.

-s.


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