Message:English spelling uses the Armourer, humour. American drop the extra U on many words. We kept scrounge, sound and spout. The time we would have had with spot and spot being two different things.
There was attempts in colonial times to get rid of many off English spellings. Whole articles if you have interest to google.
Don't spell it Traveller either, except the game.
Clarity is always desired and tough. So many shortcuts too online. The rate of jargon creation is exploding.
Yours,
IronRed
20-Nov-2020