[Tourist Guy]

For consideration:
The author of this writing is not an American. Notice the British spelling of words.

[miss marmelstein]

That could be because it was written for a British publication. But you may be on to something: I've never heard of an Alabama style chocolate cake. You wanna talk Red Velvet cake, you've got my attention!

[Inkie]

Re: British spelling. She is writing for a British paper. She may or may not have adapted her spelling for publication. If she didn't, the editors would have done it. If she claims to be an American, the spelling would not necessarily indicate the truth or untruth of that statement.

From Inkie, a former ex-patriot who adapted spelling while o/s.

[Prodigal Son]

For consideration: The author of this writing is not an American. Notice the British spelling of words.

I don't know... You live here for a while you start to pick up that spelling. Licence. Defence. Tyres. Rumour. That sort of thing. I get confused on FR sometimes because I try to stick with American spelling but some words (rumour, humour those ones especially) have really stuck in my head. Also, I can't even remember whether some words are spelled which way in which language and will never get them right anymore. Is it "organize" in the Queen's English and "organise" in American or vice versa?

Also, the article was posted in a Brit newspaper so I assume that any spelling editors would have changed his American spelling (if he used it) to the British version.