Spelling fixes

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 16b5176c24b..acc9ddc398e 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ column zero.
 ---
 *** The new 'compilation-transform-file-match-alist' user option can
 be used to transform file name matches compilation output, and remove
-known false positives being recognised as warnings/errors.
+known false positives being recognized as warnings/errors.
 
 ** cl-lib.el
 +++
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ Of course it will still find it if you have it in "~/.ecompleterc".
 
 ---
 *** 'mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp' now defaults to matching all groups,
-which means that "git am" diffs are recognised everywhere.
+which means that "git am" diffs are recognized everywhere.
 
 +++
 *** Two new Gnus summary mode navigation commands have been added,
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ exclude most headers when forwarding.
 
 *** 'mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender' sets also "gpg --sender"
 When 'mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender' is non-nil message sender's
-email address (in addition to its old behaviour) will also be used to
+email address (in addition to its old behavior) will also be used to
 set gpg's "--sender email@domain" option.
 
 The option is useful for two reasons when verifying the signature:
@@ -2661,14 +2661,14 @@ Previously, the control key modifier was used to scroll up or down by
 an amount which was close to near a full screen.  This is now instead
 available by scrolling with the meta modifier key.
 
-To get the old behaviour back, customize the user option
+To get the old behavior back, customize the user option
 'mouse-wheel-scroll-amount', or add the following to your init file:
 
 (customize-set-variable 'mouse-wheel-scroll-amount
                         '(5 ((shift) . 1) ((control) . nil)))
 
 By default, the font size will be changed in the window that the mouse
-pointer is over.  To change this behaviour, you can customize the user
+pointer is over.  To change this behavior, you can customize the user
 option 'mouse-wheel-follow-mouse'.  Note that this will also affect
 scrolling.
 
@@ -3319,8 +3319,8 @@ Previously it was supported only in the Cygwin-w32 build.
 ** Emacs now handles key combinations involving the macOS "command"
 and "option" modifier keys more correctly.
 
-** MacOS modifier key behaviour is now more adjustable.
-The behaviour of the macOS "Option", "Command", "Control" and
+** MacOS modifier key behavior is now more adjustable.
+The behavior of the macOS "Option", "Command", "Control" and
 "Function" keys can now be specified separately for use with
 ordinary keys, function keys and mouse clicks.  This allows using them
 in their standard macOS way for composing characters.
@@ -3370,9 +3370,9 @@ fonts.  See the documentation of this function and variable in the
 Emacs manual for more details.
 
 +++
-** On NS the behaviour of drag and drop can now be modified by use of
+** On NS the behavior of drag and drop can now be modified by use of
 modifier keys in line with Apples guidelines.  This makes the drag and
-drop behaviour more consistent, as previously the sending application
+drop behavior more consistent, as previously the sending application
 was able to 'set' modifiers without the knowledge of the user.
 
 ** On NS multicolor font display is enabled again since it is also
diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index c9722aa8553..4ce8e9b1c2c 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the message to 30 characters in order to build the description of the
 link.  This behavior was considered as too surprising.  As
 a consequence, Org no longer truncates subjects.
 
-You can get the old behaviour back with the following:
+You can get the old behavior back with the following:
 
 : (setq org-email-link-description-format "Email %c: %.30s")
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ From now on inheritance requires no extra property and will adhere to
 customized to always be activated or never be activated in
 ~org-attach-use-inheritance~.
 
-The ATTACH_DIR property is deprecated in favour of the shorter
+The ATTACH_DIR property is deprecated in favor of the shorter
 property DIR.  Links to folders inside the DIR property can now be
 declared as relative links.  This is not enabled by default, but can
 be set in ~org-attach-dir-relative~.
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ be set in ~org-attach-dir-relative~.
 When adding new attachment to the outline node the preferred way of
 doing so can be customized.  Take a look at
 ~org-attach-preferred-new-method~.  It defaults to using ID since that
-was the behaviour before this change.
+was the behavior before this change.
 
 If both DIR and ID properties are set on the same node, DIR has
 precedence and will be used.
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ parameters in ~sql-connection-alist~.
 The builtin "latex" exporters now accept and use a =:scale= attribute,
 which scales an image by a given factor.
 
-This attribute is wrapped adound the =scale= parameter of LaTeX's
+This attribute is wrapped around the =scale= parameter of LaTeX's
 =\includegraphics= (bitmap images) or a TiKZ's =\scalebox=.
 Therefore, its value should be some string palatable to LaTeX as
 a positive float Its default value is an empty string (i.e. disabled).
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ You can install it back from MELPA.
 *** ~org-capture-insert-template-here~
 *** ~org-attach-directory~
 
-It has been deprecated in favour of ~org-attach-id-dir~ which is less
+It has been deprecated in favor of ~org-attach-id-dir~ which is less
 ambiguous given the restructured org-attach.
 
 *** ~org-enable-fixed-width-editor~
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
 
 Function ~org-get-tags~ used to return local tags to the current
 headline.  It now returns all the inherited tags in addition to the
-local tags.  In order to get the old behaviour back, you can use:
+local tags.  In order to get the old behavior back, you can use:
 
 : (org-get-tags nil t)