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On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:08:18 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> Perhaps earlier than the first American who couldn't spell centre  []

Words like metre, centre, and calibre go against all logic of how the word 
is said. The cheese eating surrender monkeys must have had a part in it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calipers

I don't always trust wikipedia but it claims

Caliper is the American spelling, while calliper (double "L") is the 
British spelling.

I can see the ll, but why not callipre? Wiki doesn't mention a UK 
alternate for a micrometer although the device presumably measures 
micrometres in the UK.