1·In fact, the difference in spelling was started by Noah Webster (1758-1843).
事实上，拼写上的差异是由诺亚·韦伯斯特（1758-1843）提出的。
2·First published in 1783, this reference book by the American man of letters Noah Webster remained a bestseller in the U.S. throughout the 19th century.
这本参考书由美国文学家诺亚·韦伯斯特于1783年首次出版，在整个19世纪一直是美国的畅销书。
3·Have you ever heard of Noah Webster?
你一定听说过韦伯斯特玩具。
4·Fifty years later across the pond Noah Webster produced his first dictionary.
五十年后，诺亚·韦伯斯特在海洋之外的另一片大陆上编成了他的第一本词典。
5·Would you ask noah webster to play boggle ?Would you ask jacques cousteau to play go fish?
你会叫韦伯斯特去玩猜字游戏吗?你会叫雅克·库斯托去玩钓鱼?。
6·One big change in English usage happened when Noah Webster wrote the American dictionary of the English language, giving American English its own identity.
䒶英语用法发生了一次大变化，那就是在诺厄·韦伯斯特编撰的《美国英语词典》的那个时期，这本词典体现了美国英语的特色。
7·Since by 1935 Noah Webster had been dead lo those 90 years we will turn our gaze instead to the New International Dictionary, Second Edition that was printed in his name in that year.
到1935年时，诺亚·韦伯斯特已经去世90年了，我们要把目光转而聚焦在那一年用他的名字来印制的第二版《新国际词典》中。
8·At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote the American dictionary of the English Language.
当时，英语的拼写发生了两个很大的变化：先是塞缪尔·约翰逊编写了他的英语词典，后是诺亚·韦伯斯特出版了《美国英语词典》。