writeincode Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 *cough* or Australian.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinian Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 *cough* or Australian.... Sorry, Graeme, there's no Strine dictionary choice in MS Office. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlHoliday Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Okay, I'm late to the party, so what else is new . . . Voted for Colour, but then I've been an Anglophile for years. I'm stuck with color, though, and aluminum, tires, and all those -ize endings. Of course, if I had a character from that strange little isle off the coast of France, I might want to adjust the language a teensy bit so all of the colour might come shining through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizuna Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I prefer to use colour, even though my computer say it is color... I think the "ou" looks so much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Phonics, you silly brits. COLOR!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sat8997 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Those of you who so choose are more than welcome to use 'colour.' Just as long as you realize that those of us who use normal, rational spelling are going to pronounce it to rhyme with 'velour.' Sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 15, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 15, 2007 Those of you who so choose are more than welcome to use 'colour.' Just as long as you realize that those of us who use normal, rational spelling are going to pronounce it to rhyme with 'velour.' Normal, rational spelling? What language would that be? It can't be English.... After all, the language that has "one" and "won" with the same sound, and "tough", "though", "thought" and "through" with completely different pronunciations clearly does not have normal, rational spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Normal, rational spelling? What language would that be? It can't be English....After all, the language that has "one" and "won" with the same sound, and "tough", "though", "thought" and "through" with completely different pronunciations clearly does not have normal, rational spelling. A good list, just not thorough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Wait... One and Won have the same sound? ... *Confuzzled.......* I always pronounced them as Won, and Wun.. ish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 15, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 15, 2007 A good list, just not thorough. Okay, I'll concede that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glomph Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 And just to complicate thing, in Australia labour is work, while Labor is the political party.... That is weird. In the US we don't have a Labour or Labor party. We have just two parties that dominate everything. One is a center-right party of big government and the deficits that generates, beholden to powerful lobbies and corporate welfare, and so is the other one. Oh, and "aluminium" is a misspelling and probably an affectation, but an errour that is repeated often enough becomes standard, as this one did in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I'm too old and crotchety to start spelling words differently than how I learned in elementary school. Color it is. sungod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlHoliday Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Oh, and "aluminium" is a misspelling and probably an affectation, but an errour that is repeated often enough becomes standard, as this one did in the UK. Well, it started as aluminium, in the UK of all places by the gentleman who was trying to isolate it. Later, he seems to have changed his mind and started referring to it as aluminum, but not all the time, which leads me to believe someone down in typesetting wasn't paying attention, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 My preferred spelling of colo(u)r is "Farbe". Would look stupid to use an English word in a German text. If I'm chatting with my friends from England I use colour, because they tend to remind me that color is wrong. If I'm chatting with my friends from the USA I use color, because they tend to remind me that colour is wrong. If I am with people from England and the USA in the same chat room I try to avoid the use of colo(u)r. Tob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaStKid Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Normal, rational spelling? What language would that be? It can't be English.... After all, the language that has "one" and "won" with the same sound, and "tough", "though", "thought" and "through" with completely different pronunciations clearly does not have normal, rational spelling. This reminded me of something I read some time back--- Here's some of the things that were there---> We have noses that run and feet that smell. We send cargo by ship and shipment by car/truck. Guinnea pigs are neither from guinnea nor they are pigs. A house can burn down as it can simultaneously burn up. When the lights are out, there's darkness. But when the stars/moon/sun is out, there's light. A wise man and a wise guy are two different things all together. A vegetarian eats vegetables--->What about a Humanitarian?? Teachers teach, preachers praught? These were just some of the things that I could remember from that article/essay. I'll go home and try to find it and then post it here.... The BeaStKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalmatia Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Its colour by the way, trust me I did english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliotmoore Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 ......Don't labour too much over it!! LOL Such a long thread for such a simple question. I am one of those ethnic American Canadians who struggles with the varied spelling. Add to that I spell poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glomph Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well, it started as aluminium, in the UK of all places by the gentleman who was trying to isolate it Just because he was a good chemist doesn't mean that he could spell. (Oh, and for UK folk, I didn't mean to imply that he ran a pharmacy.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashessnow Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 "Colour" always seemed pretentious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 "Colour" always seemed pretentious to me. Well heck! That's half the appeal! -Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzoberranzen Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well heck! That's half the appeal! -Kevin <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaStKid Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well, colour is winning!! And I must say...Colour looks appealing too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfalkon Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I have given this one plenty of thought. As a person who can't spell worth a hill of beans I vote for using then both. The more aceptable spellings there are for a word the less likely I am to make a mistake. That won't solve all my problems. Once I remember my father reading something I wrote and remarking that I spelled color/colour wrong. I said "but there are two ways to spell that word." He said, "I know. You just invented a third way." I think I spelled it "colur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 16, 2007 Site Administrator Share Posted September 16, 2007 I have given this one plenty of thought. As a person who can't spell worth a hill of beans I vote for using then both. The more aceptable spellings there are for a word the less likely I am to make a mistake. That won't solve all my problems. Once I remember my father reading something I wrote and remarking that I spelled color/colour wrong. I said "but there are two ways to spell that word." He said, "I know. You just invented a third way." I think I spelled it "colur." ROFL!!! Thanks, that started my day with a smile My son has a few interesting ways to spell words, too, but he's only eight. I'm sure, with practise, he'll learn more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashessnow Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Once again, using "colour" is pretentious. If I read it in a story or whatever, I would immediately roll my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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