Originally, both am,erican and british spellings were common in the US. he American spellings became "official" when they  were the only spellings imcluded in the first few editions of Webster's dictionary.
When I was a kid I got this bugt bp my butt thatb British spelling was "more correct" than American spelling and got into the habit of spelling things that way.
(recently I acquired dusl US/Australian citizenship, so I guess my use of that spelling could be considered "appropriate" now :D)

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