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So... Sulfur or Sulphur?

Hellfire-1 · 2012-06-09 03:52:45

Just curious, how do you spell sulphur where you live? My university professor marked me off on an exam for writing Sulphur, he said it was wrong. The thing is, my family learned British English before they came here, and that is how sulphur is spelled. Then in America, it must have been one of the little language quirks that never got quite ironed out with us, because it's how my parents spell it (well, my mother, she's a chemical engineer), and I learned to spell it. So I just had a big debate over the differences of British English and American English, and that Sulphur should be a legitimate spelling as I was writing in 'English' as is university policy. After some grumbling he gave me the points back after I agreed to spell it 'properly' from now on lol. So for you, is it Sulphur or Sulfur? :)

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Cloud_765

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#51 Cloud_765

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[QUOTE="Cloud_765"]sulfur Fun fact: I'm allergic to it. Iszdope

Hehe.

Can't suffer sulfer.

Heh.

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#53 Big_Bad_Sad

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I'm not sure I've ever spelled it before in my life for anything. I would spell it however spell check corrects it to after I spell it incorrectly. :P
Pirate700

Exactly this.

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