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Are we secretly being run by yanks???? Why can't you spell "licence" properly 🤬🤬🤬 (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk to c/feddituk@feddit.uk

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm Aussie, and the funny thing is, at least 3 of us literally wasted at least an hour at work once discussing which way to spell this in our documents.

And then I forgot what we decided on a month later anyway. So I still tend to spell it both ways

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context.

https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk/2019/07/licence-vs-license-top-spelling-tricks-to-help-you-get-it-right/

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I think the noun/verb difference is a little more clear-cut than just saying it depends on context.

There's plenty(?) of words that are spelt with a verb–noun distinction:

since I'm licensed, I can show you my licence
she advised me and it was good advice
he devised a clever device
I practised for years before I got my practice

and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress):

Tomorrow I record my record
I suspect that that suspect is the one
She'll present her present