Robin wrote: <Now the UK is starting to adopt US spellings? >
Not adopt, but accept. Both s and z are now acceptable for words ending in 'ise' - ie your spelling probably wouldn't be marked as wrong if you used z. Color - no. A lot of us cringe at 'aluminum' and I don't think that will ever come into general use here. 'Program' is used for anything computer related, otherwise it's 'programme'. With appalling spelling often coming from texting (that hasn't made it into my spell checker yet) - never will understand that - I don't doubt that once us old fogies are gone an entirely new system of spelling will emerge. No need to learn shorthand any more.
Lace - the stuff we make and collect - is generally both singular and plural, but it's 'laces' if you are referring to the braids you tie in shoes. I don't think anyone in the UK would naturally user 'lacer' unless it's a tool for pulling laces through holes.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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