Yes, well, at least Borges had the good sense to use American spelling of words, not so much of that pesky "u" sprinkled throughout, as will be clearly seen by reading the book, not that it matters all that much. The spelling variations of American vs. British English are not so much as to constitute separate languages, unlike the differences between Spanish and Portuguese, in spite of their similarities. But this is a deep subject for shallow minds. So, what about that?