Hello Americans

[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/America...es#-our.2C_-or

neat

[Hax]

Don't you mean "net"?

[Motep]

I wish!

[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. 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

[Beskar]

I think George Bernard Shaw started off a good effort, with the Shavian alphabet.

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

[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]

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

þrough?

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

[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.