One stray 'u' and Claude starts spelling like a Brit
cantrell · x · 2026-10-27
Developer cantrell noticed Claude suddenly switching to British spellings ('behaviour', 'favour') mid-session, suspecting a single stray 'u' in context flipped the model's style. A fun example of how tiny context perturbations can shift model output style.
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