I'm not dead!  I went away for 3 days on holiday and sure enough, now
that I'm back, I have a giant lap nox and all is forgiven.

There's a reason I took those pics only a few hours before we left.  :)

--Fil

I wouldn't worry about it.  I sometimes deliberately use Brit spelling when
I'm posting in response to a Brit, but the usual is to use your normal
spelling, whatever that may be.

Joy

Favourite looks good to this Canadian :-)

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Goodness, no! Be yourself - spell words in the way that looks right
to you. It's not like you're living in the US and working for an
American company, where your writing would be expected to conform to
local standards. We're an international group here. And even if the
majority of us are from the US, that doesn't mean we set the spelling
standards. :)

Joyce

Most certainly not!  I for one just love the differences in spelling and
word usage in an international group.  I like the British words and spelling
and would use them myself if I could get away with it.  But from an American
it would look like some sort of affectation.

Jo