Am I 'traveling' or am I 'travelling' ???

[seeker]

after the grey vs gray thread I started,
(http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/328741-is-it-a-grey-gray-area.html)

I am faced with yet another problematic word.

Is it 'traveling' with 1 L or 'travelling' with 2 L's???
anyone?

 

[mis_chiff]

here's another twist Google has huge results for both - more with 1 L
and ovt has big numbers on both but more with the 2 LL's

I spell it with 1

 

[cef]

Like gray vs. grey, it comes down to American (traveling) vs. British (travelling) spelling.

If the site is geo-targeted to one type of English speaker vs. the other, you'll have the answer. If it isn't...well...which form of English do you personally use?

 

[markmiddleton]

after the grey vs gray thread I started,
(http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/328741-is-it-a-grey-gray-area.html)

I am faced with yet another problematic word.

Is it 'traveling' with 1 L or 'travelling' with 2 L's???
anyone?

Put that cat immediately back in your bag! Seriously though I think its already been picked over quite heavily as I checked this a few months ago. However I haven't had chance to explore it beyond a few speculative names.

Its two LL's for me but I believe its the difference between English (uk) and English (American) Grammar

 

[Domainate.com]

Yep, technically in US English it's traveling, but I'm sure MANY people here misspell it as travelling. What I want to know is that if traveling and traveled are correct, why is canceling correct but canceled NOT correct (cancelled)? Damn English language!

 

[Name Trader]

My Oxford English dictionary says cancelled is correct and canceled is american.

 

[Domainate.com]

My Oxford English dictionary says cancelled is correct and canceled is american.

Microsoft Word however auto-corrects to "cancelled", whereas it leaves traveled alone. That's where I got the difference from.

 

[seeker]

it is so confusing.
if you want to reach the entire planet, what is it?
1 l, or 2 l's?

 

[mjnels]

i am very interested in opinions on this as well:


do you spell with 1 or 2 L's... and what country are you from.. ?

im from usa and mistakenly (at least i thought so) spell it with 2 LL's.. but find out later that it is an acceptable spelling..

most of the commercials on TV here in the usa i see it spelled with only 1 L.. the only one ive seen spelled with 2 L's was a commercial for Royal Carribean cruises.. which explains the 2 L usage since they are not based in the USA..


more opinions! more!... i have great stake in this spelling issue of Traveller/Traveler specifically

 

[seeker]

I've always spelled it with 2 LLs.

 

[mjnels]

I've always spelled it with 2 LLs.

what country are you from?

 

[newton]

travelling / travelled / cancelling / cancelled is correct

 

[Dan]

I always thought it was trahfling.

 

[cef]

I always thought it was trahfling.

Only if you're channeling (er, I mean channelling) Noel Coward.


stub is right; all of these words (e.g. modeling modelling etc.) are correct either way, depending on which form of English you use.

There are other spelling/phrasing differences as well: theatre vs theater, armour vs armor, and things like posh vs. fancy, bespoke vs. custom, etc.

 

[verbster]

My Oxford English dictionary says cancelled is correct and canceled is american [sic].

Smile when you say that, partner.

 

[Name Trader]

So well the truth is you need both the single and double L in order to reach the whole english speaking planet, and the typos

 

[mis_chiff]

I wonder what we speak here in CANADA :wave:

:p

 

[mirrorcube]

Traveling always looked right to me but im the USA. According to dictionary.com looks like british chaps like the travelling version. So i guess spelling depends on your target market.

 

[cef]

I wonder what we speak here in CANADA :wave:

French? :p (ducks)

 

[mis_chiff]

:bah: I couldn't speak French to save my life!