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New Wed 19 Dec 18 18:36 
 Granddad - BBC going American maybe - Dulwich Estate II
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-46604985/granddad-s-doorstep-reaction-goes-viral


According to Google NGram, in British English the spelling "grandad" is more popular than "granddad", however American English, the spelling "granddad" is more popular than "grandad". granddad. ?gran?dad. (also grandad) noun informal - one's grandfather.4 May 2011
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New Wed 19 Dec 18 21:04 
 Granddad - BBC going American maybe - martin aston
American or ignorance? I think its likely to the latter. I see poor spelling regularly in newspapers and the BBC website. I even saw one in a headline this week in either The Times or The Telegraph. I can't remember which.

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New Wed 19 Dec 18 21:11 
 Granddad - BBC going American maybe - martin aston
On second thoughts DE you may be right, BBC website is also running an item on "lampposts" which is US spelling.
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New Wed 19 Dec 18 21:31 
 Granddad - BBC going American maybe - Kevin
Lazy staff using a US locale or spellchecker?
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