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"Licenced"

I have created this page to prevent a few problems I have had with people reverting my spelling fixes.

In the beginning, there was English. Later, American came along, and based itself on English. American was slightly creolized – certain words came to stand for more than one idea, while in English they had a word per idea. Subsequently, some of the English used words based on the structure of the American, while retaining the English spelling.

Enough of my rambling. The fact of the matter is, "licenced" is not a real word in any variant of English. "Licence" is the noun, and "license" is the verb. If you are still unsure, check the OED.

NB. Some people have pointed out that the (American) dictionary at dictionary.com gives "licence" as both a "Chiefly British" noun and verb. Why they did this is uncertain – for some reason they are trying to impose American structure on English words.

Other common over-Briticisms (with correct spelling in brackets):

• licencing (licensing)
• practise used as noun (practice)
• humourous (humorous)
• vapourise (vaporise or vaporize)