Is it Morticer or Mortiser?

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I always thought it was Morticer.

Here is another one is it Cill or Sill ? as in window cill.

Ollie
 
I think it should be morticer… but mortiser seems to be used more often worldwide..
less difference in the Uk
 

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The dictionaries suggest the word originates around 1400 in France as "mortaise" or possibly from the middle east.
I'm with Adam. It's one of those spelling which are made with a "c" in the UK and an "s" in the USA.
Thanks to google etc the US spellings are becoming more common across the internet so no surprises there.
 

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