we say "what colour is it" you say "what color is it"?

Question

how common are you yanks?

Answer 1

It's 'colour' here in Australia too.

Answer 2

The standardization of spellings occured after the great schism between the US and GB. You see, our original 13 colonies were not purely British -- we had Germanic roots, Spanish roots, etc. The maker of the first US dictionary went through and tried to standardize English, since in America we have SO many different words from other languages too. (I'm not sure if you have acquired as much from other languages in Britain.) So he dropped the U in color ... OK. I honestly don't know why you bothered to get upset about it though.

Answer 3

I found several very interesting articles as to 'why' the British and Americans have differences in the way they spell, and sometimes pronounce 'English' words. I have highlighted the paper I thought provided the best information. Give it a read - very interesting...think I'll use this as a base of discussion for my students when school starts.

Answer 4

six of one type , and half a dozen of the other type is the same thing. When I say I want to eat a burger, it doesnt mean I am going to commit a burgler (y). I mean I want to eat a double bacon cheese burger.

Answer 5

this came about soon after the revolutionary war...which the Brits lost.... when Daniel Webster was making dictionaries he decided to differentiate us from Britain he would take out all the useless "u"s in words

Answer 6

How French are you British? Throwing extra u's into words that don't need them, like colour or cheque (check). What's next, a silent x? ;)

Answer 7

Canada is colour

Answer 8

its juss old english to say colour but most people are familiar with color.

Answer 9

Well, in fact, we both SAY the same thing. The only difference is when we write it, and then we spell it differently. So what's your question?

Answer 10

Get over yourself.