And they spell Colour color? And z is pronouced zee?
2006-12-09 10:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by Tyron 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
its phonics
we relate certain letter combinations with certain sounds
for example ou=ow about, trout, stout, lout,route,scout,etc
English is hard enough to learn as it is without straying from these patterns
as for -our that is pronounced like "oww-er" like 'flour' or "ure" like 'velour'
do you pronounce it like co-lure? colour doesn't fit in there(so its spelled color here)
I'm not sure about 'z'...how do other people pronounce it if not 'zee'?
2006-12-09 10:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by kimandchris2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, out is pronounced owt, bout is pronounced bowt, so about is pronounced abowt. We tend to pronounce the ou combination as ow. It also sounds like the u in cup (couple) and the oo in wood (would, could), but I don't know of any ou words that sound like oo as in boot. Unless you count coupon, which is also pronounced kyew-pon. But that is the only one that I know of.
As for color, Noah Webster changed the spelling of a lot of British words about 200 years ago, and they have remained that way ever since. (E.g. centre is center.) Z was pronounced zee in Britain for a while (about 200 years ago) and the Americans kept that pronunciation, whereas the British reverted back to the zed pronunciation a short time later.
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2016-04-29 11:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe South Park, it is Canadians who say "abowt". Saying that, so does half of Scotland.
2006-12-09 10:24:42 · answer #4 · answered by Gemma P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we want to, as all all labguages are constantly evolving there is no true right way to pronounce them, as what is right varies by the area in which it is spoken and 'right' is deemed therein by majority rule.
the guy before who spoke of South Park, is confused, in SP(and other comedy sources, Canadians pronounce about(meaning around, almost, or near. depending on context)as 'uh-boot', while Americans say 'ahb-out'
2006-12-09 12:26:25 · answer #5 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they invented the words..and have the copyrights to them
2006-12-09 10:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by mr. mr. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that how it's supposed to be?
Now the British on the other hand...
:)
2006-12-09 10:24:31 · answer #7 · answered by Cynyeh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we can......It is the whole independence thing, we kindof like it!
2006-12-09 10:26:26 · answer #8 · answered by datali2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can turn the question around you know . . . .
2006-12-09 10:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why do canadians say aboot? why do we say anything?
tomato, tomahto
2006-12-09 10:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋