Hello Americans

[Hax]

Hello.

I have a question. Why does American English state that the correct spelling is "color". Then why is the correct spelling "ridiculous" and not "ridiculos", eh?

- Hax

[Vuk]

Hello.

I have a question. Why does American English state that the correct spelling is "color". Then why is the correct spelling "ridiculous" and not "ridiculos", eh?

- Hax
That is a ridiculos question... :beam:

[Beskar]

Americans tried to shorten and change words to be trendy, removing some of the French and Germanic influences.

[Louis VI the Fat]

TEH AMERICAN$$ ARE OWNED THIER SPELLING ARE INCONSITINENT!

[Vuk]

We Americans are just born better than the rest of the world. ~;)
lol, actually I use the British spelling for some words (such as colour) because I think that they make more sense, but at the same time, some American words make more sense to me.
(Not to mention we have such incredibly sexy accents ~;))

[Hax]

TEH AMERICAN$$ ARE OWNED THIER SPELLING ARE INCONSITINENT!

Okay what.

[A Nerd]

I grew up in America so I just assumed the words were spelled that way so that is the way you wrote them. I was never taught of any reason for it, not in HS anyway. I took no English classes in college. Perhaps to be trendy, but perhaps for ease in spelling and while writing though I don't know. Could be that high and mighty sense America holds over the rest of the world too though! Anyway, I am glad they are spelled as such because my spelling is particularly bad anyway, any more difficult, and no one could read any of my posts! ;)

[Monk]

Hello Hax,

For the same reasons that wolves in colder climates may have thicker coats than those in warmer ones. Adaption, selection and variation based on various influences.

American Nobody,
Monk

[Reenk Roink]

It's just one of the examples on how languages evolve across space and time. There probably is a more in depth and detailed answer as to how the 'u' was dropped in certain words but I'd imagine that's very obscure knowledge. Maybe ajax would know?

[Motep]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or

neat

[Hax]

Don't you mean "net"?

[Motep]

I wish!

[Gregoshi]

Weu shouuld hauveu au Speull-Liukeu-au-Noun-Aumeuriucaun dauy. ~D

If my audience is international like it is here, I try to use the "correct" spelling - colour, centre, etc. If I'm addressing Americans, I use the "correct" spelling - color, center, etc.

[Shibumi]

I seem to prefer English spelling. And the English vocabulary is also, in my oppinion, richer and more cultivated.

Rubbish, knickers, and so on...

[Husar]

It's centimeter, center, colour, neighbour and whatever else I say is right!

Their r more impotent problems with americun spelling then that, zis topic is prätty rediculus. ~;)

[InsaneApache]

It's buoy, pronounced boy not boohey.

Always irritates the heck out of me on Merican films.

[Strike For The South]

We Americans are just born better than the rest of the world. ~;)
lol, actually I use the British spelling for some words (such as colour) because I think that they make more sense, but at the same time, some American words make more sense to me.
(Not to mention we have such incredibly sexy accents ~;))

No if you spell it like that and you're from America it makes you a [silly person]

[Rhyfelwyr]

Aren't American spellings supposed to be closer to English as it was before it branched off into US/rest of world categories.

In saying "rest of world", I think that Canada and Australia use the British way of spelling?

[Cute Wolf]

Those words made foreign student's life a misery when they learn english

[Vuk]

...

How are your muscles doing Mr. Strike?

[Lemur]

There has been a long and storied history of spelling reform (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_spelling_reform). Some of the reforms caught on in some countries but not in others. That is why spellings differ between the U.S.A. and Great Britain, not due to some retention of Elizabethan spellings.

English has horrible spelling. Nobody, but nobody can justify "through." Noah Webster made valiant efforts at reform, almost all of which failed. Ben Johnson, Ben Franklin, Issac Asimov and countless others have made attempts at regularizing this miscegenated, misbegotten language. Read up. It's a whole arena of history of which you were probably unaware.

History of English spelling reform (http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/)

[Beskar]

I think George Bernard Shaw started off a good effort, with the Shavian alphabet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet).

I am apparently distantly related to him as well. According to this random family tree website.

[Hosakawa Tito]

It's buoy, pronounced boy not boohey.

Always irritates the heck out of me on Merican films.


You fellas are catching on quick.

[Gregoshi]

It's buoy, pronounced boy not boohey.

Wait - now you are putting the "u"s in front of the other vowels?

[SillySirius]

Don't forget regional pronunciation and spellings.

All in all though American English for all its complications is a beautiful language.

It is a hodgepodge with English,French,Latin,German,Arabic,Yiddish,Slavic,Welsh etc words and phrasings mixed together to form a vibrant and flexible language.There is no other like it.

[Megas Methuselah]

eh?

Hax, I had no idea you could speak Canadian, eh?

[Hax]

It's the result of many a year listening to Canadian rock bands, eh.

[SillySirius]

Just to make things more interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English

I hate my accent..when i mean to say iron it comes out Aihn and when i try to say hour it sounds like Ahr.

Stupid speech.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

English has horrible spelling. Nobody, but nobody can justify "through."

They can if they have a background in Middle Engelich

It's all to do with us dropping the 28th letter of the alphabet.

[Hax]

þrough?

[Megas Methuselah]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=904

[Decker]

Hello.

I have a question. Why does American English state that the correct spelling is "color". Then why is the correct spelling "ridiculous" and not "ridiculos", eh?

- HaxI want to chair you so badly right now.

[pevergreen]

I want to chair you so badly right now.

I want to chair Megas.

Shall we obtain some chairs?

[Veho Nex]

I use the British spelling for some words (such as colour) because I think that they make more sense, but at the same time, some American words make more sense to me.
(Not to mention we have such incredibly sexy accents ~;))

Second. on both parts.

[Hax]

I want to chair you so badly right now.

You want to what me now? You want to char me?

[Decker]

You want to what me now? You want to char me?
Yeah chair you... I'm not sure how it works but I was speaking to a woman from Spain and she said the language was difficult and used that phrase as an example. Thought it was appropriate. :book:

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

þrough?

Nooo, that's the 27th letter of the alphabet.

[A Nerd]

I tangent, but what does 'chair you' mean?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Presumably "hit you with a chair". Like "google it" means "search for it on google".

[A Nerd]

Oh, ha ha! I get it now. I will have to use that phrase in conversation now when I can! :)

[Sarmatian]

I like gobbledygook

[gaelic cowboy]

I like gobbledygook

Or

Whatyamacallit
Thingymebob
yokemebob

we need to prevent there extinction by using them more

[Ibrahim]

Just to make things more interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English

I hate my accent..when i mean to say iron it comes out Aihn and when i try to say hour it sounds like Ahr.


Stupid speech.

don't be jealous; having a midland accent is not as great as you think. people still jab me for saying "skull", even though I'm actually saying "school" (and neither sound exactly the same, but people still do it.).

[pevergreen]

1 AUD = 0.989912 USD

Aww yeah.