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Originally Posted by Sly
Why do Americans spell it "check" and Canadians/Brits spell it "cheque"?
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Im guessing because its phonetically simpler? If you think of jewellery which we pronounce jewel-ery, Ive heard Americans say it how they spell it, pronounciation "jule-ree" for jewelry.
Of course this is only a hypothesis but it seems to make sense.