On 18/05/2019 11:14, NY wrote:
I never know whether "mortise" should be spelled "mortice" in the UK.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mortise lists both
spellings without any "UK / US" advice. I would tend to think of
"mortise" as the American spelling of "mortice".

I looked it up. There seems to be no clear afavouritre,. I spell it mortice.

"I before E when surrounding a C"....

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