What is the diff? Why is it different?
2006-09-03 18:19:18 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
color is American spelling
colour is British / Australian spelling
2006-09-03 18:21:33 · answer #1 · answered by Lavender 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colour with the U is how the British and Canadians spell it.
Color without the u is how the people of the United States spell it.
2006-09-03 18:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by coolchick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People from the United Kingdom write it colour. Americans write color. Just like flavour and flavor and other words. Why? I have no idea, but that is how they teach it at school over there.
2006-09-03 18:22:16 · answer #3 · answered by Chess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhm, the spelling is different in different parts of the world. The British way of spelling color is Colour, the ennunciation is a bit different in the UK as well. While in the states we slur our words together so the faster way of saying color is tid bit different the the way the Brits say it.
2006-09-03 18:21:45 · answer #4 · answered by Rivan81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well That is The Diff rent Between American English and England English
in American English it spell Color
in England English it spell Colour
i hope that Answer Your Question
2006-09-03 18:21:14 · answer #5 · answered by Momomada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English got the word from the French (remember William the Conqueror came over and took over the country in 1062, bringing the language with him). Spelling rules weren't very strong, up till the time of the American Revolution people kind of spelled as they wanted to.
But in the American colonies they wanted to simplify spelling, so they dropped out the "U"
2006-09-03 18:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by Plain and Simple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colour is the older English spelling, replaced by the shorter color. In American English color is the accepted spelling while other English speaking coutries tend to favor the older spelling.
2006-09-03 18:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colour is British - Color is English
2006-09-03 18:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by ME! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same meaning. It's either British English spelling (colour) and American English spelling (color).
2006-09-04 18:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by jedi_fren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Shelbycake !
When people write colour, that usually indicates an European education; or just being prissy, like me, when I choose to write the word colour...
I just like the difference..
Love, light, and peace
tishy
2006-09-03 18:24:07 · answer #10 · answered by bubletish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really sure why, I just know that here in the U.S. it's spelled 'color', but I have a friend in Canada and (at least where he lives) they spell it 'colour'. Same thing with 'favorite' and 'favourite' ... there's lots of words. They mean the same thing though.
2006-09-03 18:26:43 · answer #11 · answered by Green-eyed Nikki 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋