# Which does the game use: British or American English? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802 "2024-10-14T21:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elysianstorm](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elysianstorm](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/elysianstorm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/1 "2024-10-14T21:40:03Z")
I know, I know, this is a very small/obscure detail in the grand scheme of things. But I’d like to know what the devs prefer. The most major examples of the difference right now are probably `Fossilisation` vs. `Fossilization`, `Behaviour` vs. `Behavior`, and `Centre` vs. `Center`. I see both styles used; Society Cen_ter_ here, but Fossili_s_ation there. The dev wiki seems to have a strong mix, while the game/Thriveopedia tends to lean towards British. ---
**Author:** ![hhyyrylainen](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/hhyyrylainen/32/32_2.png) [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/2 "2024-10-15T06:31:59Z")
The intent is to use British English. Though it is not always easy to enforce as there’s way more American English speakers helping make the game. And I’m not a native speaker so a lot of stuff probably slips through. Though the “center” spelling is intentional on my part because I refuse to accept that a word ending in “r” sound is spelled so that the “r” letter is not the last letter (as a Finnish person I’m in general offended each time a word is not spelled the way it is said, which is basically always in English). ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/3 "2024-10-15T15:52:17Z")
> [@hhyyrylainen](#): > > (as a Finnish person I’m in general offended each time a word is not spelled the way it is said, which is basically always in English). English is pretty rare with the fact that what is written usually does not correspond to what is spoken. Most European languages are more consistent with that. ---
**Author:** ![MatterNoise](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/matternoise/32/12563_2.png) [@MatterNoise](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/MatterNoise)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/4 "2024-10-16T14:31:51Z")
This is equal to the hispanic discution of “Aguacate Vs Palta” or “Fresa Vs Frutilla” in my opinion ---
**Author:** ![Deathwake](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/deathwake/32/12307_2.png) [@Deathwake](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Deathwake)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/5 "2024-10-17T03:47:24Z")
Yeah, English is not actually special in and of itself. English is special because everyone knows about it and it’s a bit worse than the most obvious comparisons, but if you look, a lot of languages have unhinged pronunciations, and a lot of former imperial holdings have weird spellings or regularized spellings, but in English and few other languages, the mothertongue holds MUCH less sway than the colony. ---
**Author:** ![aah31415](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/aah31415/32/14564_2.png) [@aah31415](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/aah31415)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/which-does-the-game-use-british-or-american-english/7802/6 "2024-10-20T08:07:26Z")
> [@Deathwake](#): > > but in English and few other languages, the mothertongue holds MUCH less sway than the colony. Pretty sure that british english is still taught as a standard in most schools outside of english-speaking countries. I would say that BE is preffered by the schools and AE by many of the schooled.