Quote from: rezurect on June 13, 2013, 07:00:28 AM

Satoshi uses British-style spelling (ie, optimisation) but in others, he chooses US style (ie, criticized).

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The Indian educational system follows British spellings (being a former British colony) Ashish pursued his bachelors degree in english in India, Delhi Vishwavidyalaya, B.A., English Literature (1993 1996).
He also studied in the US, Willamette University (1991 1992) and Swinburne University of Technology MIT, IT (2009 2010).

Such a person could use British and American English interchangeably without even knowing it.
Its should be a fairly common trait among Indians who have their education/work split between India and US.

My drop in this sea of speculation.

Exactly!