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How do you spell colour?

Colour
24 (77.4%)
Color
7 (22.6%)

Total Members Voted: 31

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Weegee

« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2009, 02:48:45 PM »
We Canadians are so cool that we spell "colour", "harbour", "flavour", "honour", "glamour", "humour", and "saviour" with a "U", "sabre", "theatre" and "lustre" with the last two letters positioned as such, and we pronounce the letter Z properly. BITE OUR FROSTBITTEN, MAPLE-FLAVOURED BEHINDS, AMERI...

Err, never mind. But yeah.
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dc804

« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2009, 03:12:41 PM »
Quote from: Weegee on March 09, 2009, 02:48:45 PM
We Canadians are so cool that we spell "colour", "harbour", "flavour", "honour", "glamour", "humour", and "saviour" with a "U", "sabre", "theatre" and "lustre" with the last two letters positioned as such, and we pronounce the letter Z properly. BITE OUR FROSTBITTEN, MAPLE-FLAVOURED BEHINDS, AMERI...

Err, never mind. But yeah.
What about "centre"?
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Weegee

« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2009, 03:22:25 PM »
Missed one... so sue me.
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nensondubois

« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2009, 04:09:16 PM »
I spell it "Colour" but not on the internet and I spell it that way just to make a point. If I could go back in time and stop American English before it formed I would. Even though I'm American, I find that American English is another bad thing because it is unnecessary and it just makes me feel like I'm uneducated because it is the incorrect and the wrong way of speaking the English language. Don't even get me started with Southern American English.
« Last Edit: March 09, 2009, 04:12:19 PM by nensondubois »
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Luigison

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« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2009, 04:31:10 PM »
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dc804

« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2009, 06:44:31 PM »
Spelling colour with a U is really inconvenient when doing a cross-word puzzle. Why is American English so messed up anyway. No wonder all the people on sickipedia make fun of Americans.
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2009, 09:07:47 PM »
A newspaper which I can't recall the name of right now decided to remove goofy spellings from American English to make it more American. Don't listen to nensondubois because he doesn't know anything about linguistics. American English is in no way incorrect or wrong. It is different from British English because America hasn't been part of Britain for 250 years, and both British English and American English have changed since 250 years ago. Some of the changes went the same direction and some of them went different directions. For that matter, consider even regional dialects and such.
That was a joke.

ShadowBrain

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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2009, 07:06:50 AM »
Wait, I thought the English spelled "color" with a U... it's supposed to be Americans? Or not? I'm getting mixed signals here!
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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2009, 03:12:39 PM »
From what I understand, nenson claims to spell "color" with a U because he is under the impression that American spellings are "wrong" so he's spelling it British style.
That was a joke.

Ped Xing

« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2009, 07:14:44 PM »
color

Luigison

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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2009, 07:23:12 PM »
“Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know."

nensondubois

« Reply #26 on: March 10, 2009, 08:12:05 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on March 09, 2009, 09:07:47 PM
A newspaper which I can't recall the name of right now decided to remove goofy spellings from American English to make it more American. Don't listen to nensondubois because he doesn't know anything about linguistics. American English is in no way incorrect or wrong. It is different from British English because America hasn't been part of Britain for 250 years, and both British English and American English have changed since 250 years ago. Some of the changes went the same direction and some of them went different directions. For that matter, consider even regional dialects and such.

Well that explains why American English is so messed up. Still I feel American English is wrong and should be done away with. What about Boston English, the closest you'll get to British English in America?
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The Chef

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« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2009, 01:25:37 PM »
Your face is wrong and should be done away with.

Captain Jim

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« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2009, 02:44:15 PM »
Boo hoo I don't like something it's wrong and shouldn't exist.

No! I don't want that!

PaperLuigi

« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2009, 02:58:29 PM »
Quote from: nensondubois on March 10, 2009, 08:12:05 PM
Well that explains why American English is so messed up. Still I feel American English is wrong and should be done away with.

You can't be serious. That's quite possibly the most idiotic thing I've heard all day.
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