For the same reason many people have similar, but slightly different spellings of surnames......
a lot of people couldnt spell then. And Limey is a good thing....unless you wanted all sorts of horrible casulties. And I can understand Freisian...doesnt make it the same language now does it?
Of course Limey is a good thing scurvey was a bad thing, I still have all kinds of relatives in UK. if you come to New Scotland the dialects will blow you away I can't understand a Lunenburger unless he speaks slowly and I need a translator to travel in Cape Breaton.:laughing7: