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Swap
Swop is the Americanism.
(, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:08, archived)

according to cocktionary.com, swop is "chiefly british"

but what the fcuk do they know?
(, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:10, archived)
That surprises me.
As far as I can remember, I've only ever seen swap in British writing and swop in American writing.
Although that might be wrong, because the Americanism for swap is usually 'trade'.
(, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:12, archived)
Swop is old Brit
as far as I've ever seen it - 19thC and pre-war.
(, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:24, archived)
Hmmm
Okay, I'm probably remembering things wrong.
edit: swap is still the correct modern English spelling IMO.
(, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 15:01, archived)