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Old December 11, 2008, 05:29 PM
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Question Theatre and Theater

I am confused about these two words...they have the same meaning and are the same words (except for the spelling of course) but what confuses me is that I though the British uses theatre and Americans use theater.
I watched Jeopardy today and the final Jeopardy clue category was Muscial Theatre.
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Old December 11, 2008, 07:47 PM
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The British use theatre as a rule. We use theater in the U.S., but every now and then we like to spell it the other way, especially when we want to instill wonder or intrigue. There's a certain amount of elegance when we use quaint words.

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ah I see....and I also see Center and Centre too
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