Australia follows British rather than American spelling conventions, with only one exception that we know of: The Labor Party, the current governing party of Australia. Why not "Labour?" In an effort to "modernise" the name, it was changed from Labour to Labor in 1912, influenced by the American labor movement. (Thanks to Byron Walden of Santa Clara, Calif.)

The book "Please Stand By," a history of early television, is riddled with errors. A few of the ...

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