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.
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