I surrender!

Is usa(d)ge a British spelling? In our unabridged dictionary, I found no alternate spelling for "usage."

I know that we Yanks have our own spelling for some words, stemming from our desire to separate ourselve from the mother country. Perhaps this is one of them.

ES

I think it was a play on a typo in the subject of your original post where you accidentally spellled usage u-s-a-d-g-e.

I checked a few sources and found no such word as "usadge".
Also I found no such word as "spellled".
The irony of it all!

My fourth grade teacher told me my spelling would come back to haunt me. Mrs. Williams, where ever you are, I was not worthy! :)

'Usadge' is certainly not a British spelling. I'd assumed all along that the original entry was a typo and people hadn't bothered to correct this in their reply.