'Defense' is the standard American spelling, just so you know.

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'Sic' is used to denote a word that may [i]appear[/i] incorrect, not just when a word [i]is[/i] incorrect, just so you know. :P

Just because someone in the US misspelled the word defence years ago and somehow got it into US English dictionaries that way, doesn't automatically make it right.

-Peter from Canada... where it's 'defence' and 'colour'... and where a 'cheque' is something you give someone and 'check' is something you do.

Defence would imply im taking down fencing.

That's what happens when you rebel against the empire. You can no longer learn proper spelling.

Actually, the OED lists the earliest known use of 'defense' as 1303, with the earilest use of 'defence' as 1377.

In other words, both are correct no matter which country you're in.

Nothing's worse than uneducated pedants.

American English is far more logical than English English. As a Scot, I ought to know. The best English in the UK is spoken in Aberdeen, where I emanated from. Ed.

Just because someone in the UK thinks that words ending in the letter "a" should really have an "r" added to them doesn't make it a good idear (sic).