My fellow Americans, it is spelled "color" not "colour".

[GodlessAstronomer]

That's not the way it was originally named - the British changed it.

Actually the original spelling is alumium, we're all wrong.

 

[lxskllr]

Metre is a unit of measurement. Meter is a gauge that tells you the measurement of something.

 

[Terzo]

You gotta problem, pilgrim?

Just trying to give you a more colored vocabulary. I'm handicapped by my cheesehead upbringing in that I had very limited exposure to such things.

What a cheesy excuse!

 

[lifeobry]

It's:
it's, not its

Owned?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Noah Webster was a genius - he's the one that removed all the usless letters like the u from color. Too bad he died before he could fix everything.

Noah Webster was indeed a crafty person. When at a loss as to what to pen, he simply wrote down the words down were widely used in a tome everyone was guaranteed to buy.

And whilst he is cashing in those royalty checks, he was chuckling all the way to the depository institution of his choice.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Actually the original spelling is alumium, we're all wrong.

According to Wikipedia, the guy that discovered first called it alumium, then himself changed it to aluminum. The British then said "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word [aluminium], in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."

I would say the American spelling is more original than the British.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

The U adds flavour.

 

[Zebo]

Blagged? Speak English to me, Tony. I thought this country spawned the fucking language, and so far nobody seems to speak it. -Avi from Snatch

 

[0roo0roo]

or was the original spelling, it was only the french bitchifying the brits that made them adopt the "our" bit.

 

[clamum]

And it's "while" not fucking "whilst". Using the latter does not make you sound more intelligent, it makes you sound idiotic (if you're American).

 

[gorcorps]

And it's "while" not fucking "whilst". Using the latter does not make you sound more intelligent, it makes you sound idiotic (if you're American).

makes you sound idiotic regardless of country, not just American

 

[FelixDeCat]

And it's "while" not fucking "whilst". Using the latter does not make you sound more intelligent, it makes you sound idiotic (if you're American).

Art thou speaking to me? Wilt thou comest hither and gaze upon mine glorious countenance and sayest the same thing? I think not.

And furthermore, I wouldst like to add at this time, it is not all good in thine hizzo, my nizzo.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Yes, we all love our fellow citizens from around the world, but we do not need to emulate them when it comes to the spelling of certain words.

It is spelt:
color, not colour
flavor, not flavour
behavior, not behaviour

And while Im at it, its:

$500 not 500$

It is important to preserve the American way of doing things for future generations. Thanks for your careful consideration.

THANK YOU!

It's also theater not theatre, and center not centre.

 

[FelixDeCat]

THANK YOU!

It's also theater not theatre, and center not centre.

Now you've done it. You have touched a raw nerve! Those silly marketers and their assinine attempts to capture the "olde world" flavor is simply revolting and disgusting.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just realized, I think I'm being assimilated by American ways. I always type color when it should really be colour.

 

[meltdown75]

word up son

 

[dennilfloss]

Ever come across a whole paragraph of Indian characters in an email and Google translates this to "Hi."?()

 

[ManBearPig]

what's the point, we're all neighbours anyway.

 

[Anubis]

500$ makes much more logical scene then $500

you say "Five hundred dollars" and not "dollars five hundred"

 

[RESmonkey]

fuck you

 

[FelixDeCat]

 

[Crono]

This is "spelt"

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Yes, we all love our fellow citizens from around the world, but we do not need to emulate them when it comes to the spelling of certain words.

It is spelt:
color, not colour
flavor, not flavour
behavior, not behaviour

And while Im at it, its:

$500 not 500$

It is important to preserve the American way of doing things for future generations. Thanks for your careful consideration.

Dont forget cheque....that one really irks me for some reason

 

[n7]

Not a fellow American, sorry, fella.

 

[FelixDeCat]

This is "spelt"

I was afraid of that Crono. I originally posted the title using the word, "spelled", but was talked out of it by a crafty New Zealander. Ill change it back.