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re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater"  ...
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 02:14 pm EDT 05/16/18
In reply to: re: The correct spelling of "theatre/theater"  ... - davei2000 12:24 pm EDT 05/16/18
Do you use "centre," fibre," "sombre" "kilometre"? Why are the British ok with "letter," "member," "minister," "monster"?

Letter comes from the Latin littera, so etymologically, there was no reason to ever spell it -re in English to begin with
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