Martin wrote:

>
>>>Probably because Windows is produced by an American company. Try using
> KDE,
>>>many programs understand the British/American spelling differences and
> will
>>>provide the best match based on your region settings.
>
> So why do the French get a French version and Germans get a German
> version. Why can't their be a British version?

If you're that hung up on dialect, you might try a Linux distribution and
KDE, where nitpicky details between dialects get a little bit more respect
in the internationalization than it does in Windows.