Thread:GetYourFix/@comment-26994747-20160515223328/@comment-27907368-20160515235034

Frowned upon by who? American Standard English is agreed upon - this is because its easily distinguished from British English. Many AE words are abridged, more economic versions of BrE words; "dialog," "epilog" and "monolog" are examples of this.

Common speech is not a standard - which is why the style guide is misleading. Just because you haven't seen something spelled a certain way doesn't make it wrong; some people have never seen a semicolon or a compound-complex sentence.

"-ogue" endings are classified as BrE, and "-og" endings are classified as AE. There's nothing to discuss here, other than an unfamiliarity with Standard American English