User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Spelling debates/@comment-24894325-20151219214614/@comment-5918438-20151231075753

I just discovered a sentence at English language specifically mentioning "chequerboard" as the UK spelling and "checkerboard" as the US, within the DWU. As in, a story within the DWU actually brought this up, and specifically stated that "chequerboard" is the UK spelling. I really think, at this point, we can't deny that "chequers", "chequerboard" and "chequered" should at least be the preferred spelling if not the required one, per T:BRENG. SpellBot will be able to replace "checkerboard" and "checkered", but not "checkers" because that could feasibly be the plural of "checker", which can, sometimes, mean something else.