Does anyone have any information on the root of the difference in "enrollment/enrolment" spellings? (ie Canadian-English/American-English)?
- As far as I know (from the OED) enrolment is the only correct spelling in the UK, at least since spelling rules settled down in the late 1600s. I'm not sure about US usage, but one editor thinks that this is the preferred American spelling, too. Dbfirs 22:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- (... later) However, frequency of use suggests that lots of British people don't read the OED, and that the editor was wrong about US usage, so I'm thinking of reverting my own edits and making different ones. Any views? Dbfirs 22:31, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- ( ... and even later) It looks as if I misunderstood about the preferred US spelling because M-W puts enrollment first, so I've reverted my edit for this entry. What about other Commonwealth countries? Dbfirs 22:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- (... later) However, frequency of use suggests that lots of British people don't read the OED, and that the editor was wrong about US usage, so I'm thinking of reverting my own edits and making different ones. Any views? Dbfirs 22:31, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- This seems more straightforward: 4% of American usage (per coca, corpus of contemporary American usage) is one-"l"; 3% of UK usage (per bnc, British national corpus) is two-"l". DCDuring Holiday Greetings! 00:48, 30 December 2008 (UTC)