社交媒体Steemit上流传的这些图表是用谷歌Ngram Viewer制作的,展示了1800年至2000年间大量词语的使用趋势。在图表中,美式拼写以蓝色线条表示,英式的则为红色。
Among many words, including ‘grey’ and ‘flavour,’ British English can be seen dwindling around 1880, when American English began to cross into wider use.
英式英语中许多词语,如“grey”和“flavor”等,都在1880年左右开始衰落,而那时美式英语开始盛行。
Since then, English-language publications have preferred ‘gray’ and ‘flavor,’ and despite fluctuations in use over the years, they’ve remained more popular than the preceding versions since overtaking them.
从那以后,英语出版物更偏爱使用“gray”和“flavor”等拼写方式,尽管这些年使用频率有所波动,但是这种美式英语的拼写方式在取代了英式的地位之后,一直保持着主流地位。
The American way of spelling has continued to grow in usage over the years, with ‘liter’ passing ‘litre’ around 1900, and ‘center’ becoming the more common choice over ‘centre’ in 1913.
近年来人们继续偏爱美式拼写,大约在1900年时,“liter”代替了“litre”,1913年,“center”取代了“centre”。
‘1913 marked a turning point in the usage of the British spelling, as the American alternative became more frequently used in literature,’ the post explains, in regards to 'center.'
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