Claim: Americans eliminated unnecessary letters from the British spellings of words such as "cancelled" and "colour" because U.S. newspapers charged by the letter for advertising.
Fact-check: Why Is It 'Cancelled' in the UK, But 'Canceled' in the US?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Emery
Date published: 2018-10-19T12:25:00