British English may have come first, but around the world, the American way of spelling is now far more popular.
可能先有英式英语的，但美式拼写办法目前时尚得多。
A recent examination of these two variants of the English language show that publications now largely use the American version, swapping words like ‘centre’ for ‘center’ after the 1880s.
近期一项研究审视了这两大英语语言的变种，发现出版期刊现在大幅用美式英语，自19世纪80年代后，就把centre如此的词汇替换成center。
According to the data, this shiftwas further strengthened around the time of World War I – and as the language evolved, even the British have ditched the spelling of some words for their trans-Atlanticcounterparts.
从数据看，这一变化在一战期间又进一步加剧，伴随语言的演变，甚至英国人自己也摒弃有的单词的拼写方法，换成大西洋彼岸的美式拼写。
Among many words, including ‘grey’ and ‘flavour,’ British English can be seen dwindlingaround 1880, when American English began to cross into wider use.
海量词语里包含"grey"和“flavour”。大约在1890年间，英式英语开始衰退，而美式英语的运用却愈加广泛。
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.
自此将来，英语出版物也开始偏向用"gray"和“flavor”。尽管多年来就怎么样拼写有过反复，自从美式英语赶超英式英语之后，"gray"和“flavor“比起之前的拼写方法而言，还是更受青睐。
During World War I, the world also began to favor ‘defense’ over the British English version, ‘defence.’
一战期间，世界也开始喜欢用“defense”，而非英式版本的“defence”。
注：蓝色为美式英语，红色为英式英语。
For many years, British English maintained its hold on ‘honour,’ grappling with the American version for years as the two flip-flopped in popularity around the world. In the 1970s, however, American English gained a clear lead as ‘honor’ increasingly became the more spelling of choice.
多年来，英式英语维持着“honour”的拼法，和美式英语相持不下，伴随这两种英语的地位互换，受青睐程度也起了变化。然而，在20世纪70年代，美式英语获得领先，“honor”的拼法渐渐成为拼写主流。
