Should the US adopt British spelling?

[Woody]

https://www.oxfordinternationalenglish.com/differences-in-british-and-american-spelling/

[Continential]

no

[emailking]

I assume these came about from people inadvertently misspelling them repeatedly, but then the misspellings stuck.

[GeorgiaModerate]

No, and in fact both countries (and other English-speaking ones) should switch to using purely phonetic spelling.  Although I suppose that would make the National Spelling Bee a lot less interesting.

[afleitch]

Yeus

[Stranger in a strange land]

I assume these came about from people inadvertently misspelling them repeatedly, but then the misspellings stuck.

Standardized spelling in English only came about very gradually and haphazardly. So it's difficult to say whether a certain spelling was a "misspelling" or just a non-traditional or haphazard spelling before roughly the early/mid-19th century.

But to the OP, no.

[Del Tachi]

I prefer -ise to -ize, but that's about it. 

[Vosem]

No. The US should adopt the Deseret alphabet.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

No, all those extra u's add up! Let's save some trees.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

I, for one, advocate for the RVTRN to Sumerian cuneiform

   

[Not Me, Us]

I, for one, advocate for the RVTRN to Sumerian cuneiform

Linear B or bust!

[Crumpets]

I'm going to say no, and I can say this with the authority of someone who has had to write ~100 pages worth of essays in standard British English as an American.

[courts]

no

[President Johnson]

The UK should adopt US spelling.

[MABA 2020]

Yes (I may be biased)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Yes (I may be biased)

Username checks out.

[Mr. Smith]

No. The US should adopt the Deseret alphabet.

#ShavianIsLife.

[Indy Texas]

There are more Americans among the native English speakers of the world than there are Britons, so if anything they should be the ones adopting our spelling.

[DavidB.]

The UK should adopt US spelling.

[Torie]

It is interesting for me to listen to the Brit accent Americanize over the course of my lifetime. Now if only the Jersey accent could do the same. Man, I could hardly understand this handsome Italian looking guy at the Union City pool today.

[Meclazine for Israel]

And you should learn to drive on the left side of the road as well.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I prefer -ise to -ize, but that's about it.

Actually 'ize' is also correct in English as written in Britain and would generally be considered to be slightly more formal. The absolute differences are the ones imposed by American spelling reformers.

[Crumpets]

It is interesting for me to listen to the Brit accent Americanize over the course of my lifetime. Now if only the Jersey accent could do the same. Man, I could hardly understand this handsome Italian looking guy at the Union City pool today.

Can't wait to see the gabbergoul on sale at the deli.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

And you should learn to drive on the left side of the road as well.

Uh, no. Most of the world drives on the same side as the United States. Countries like yours (Australia) are in the minority.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

There are more Americans among the native English speakers of the world than there are Britons, so if anything they should be the ones adopting our spelling.

Yeah but due to British colonization, British spelling is used more frequently around the world.