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Something happened in the 1910's in American English that made the usage of skeptical become much more common than sceptical. This change never happened in British English. Source:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36749/why-did-sceptical-become-skeptical-in-the-us My guess is that what happened was they invented septic systems and people kept getting mixed up. Just checked that too. 1860, France.Before the 1910-1920's, sceptical was used in both American English and British English more than skeptical.