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by Anon on January 12th, 2009
Well, having pulverised the language for the sole purpose of being separate from the empire, it seems like the kinda thing that would happen.
by Brian I on January 12th, 2009
They aren't pronounced anything like the same as each other.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on January 12th, 2009
Because the second syllable of color/colour is ma single vowel sound, whereas the middle of flour is a diphthong. The object of the spelling change was not randomly to drop "u"s but to make the spelling more like the way that the speller spoke it. Chaucer probably pronounced colour as "col-ower", which is why it is spelt as it is. That word has changes, but flour has not.
The problem with regularising English spelling is that there is no agreement on correct pronunciation and hence there can be none on correct spelling.
by Robertd903 on January 12th, 2009
Being the basic two-faced, hypocrites that we are--we NEVER stick to a single rule about anything!!!
We are the same people who are generally opposed to killing--but welcome the DEATH PENALTY!!!
We are the same people who will tell you that the "CH" sound is represented in the word "CHAIR" and "CHURCH"--but also tell you that CHOIR is pronounced "QWYRE".
We will tell you that the PLURAL of "goose", is "geese"--but the plural of "moose"--is "moose!!!!"
by Daedalus on January 12th, 2009
What reason would I have to put a flower in the cake mix if that happened?
By the way, why does people give you negative points? that's rude. The question is kinda funny =P
by LuckyLefty on January 12th, 2009
Huh...?
I always spell it 'color'.. never got it wrong on homework or anything..
by Strength on January 12th, 2009
they say mom sted of mum 2 lol
by EL1 2 on January 12th, 2009
We spell how we want. After all, that's what the American Revolution was about, anyway. We were too sick of saying dumb things like "lift", "queue", and "colour", so we had to fight back against such verbal idiocy.
by Moongrim on January 13th, 2009
Well you go on ahead and patronise us all you want to lassie.
by -NUNYA-- on January 12th, 2009
That is intresting....I haven't seen it spelled "colour"....I am in the US and it has always been "color" to me. +5 for the thinking question.
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You're reading Americans spell colour without the "u", therefore, shouldn't they spell flour (the stuff you bake bread with) like this: FLOR?
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