colinian Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 *cough* or Australian.... Sorry, Graeme, there's no Strine dictionary choice in MS Office. Colin
CarlHoliday Posted September 14, 2007 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.
Kizuna Posted September 14, 2007 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!
sat8997 Posted September 15, 2007 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
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 15, 2007 Site Administrator 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.
AFriendlyFace Posted September 15, 2007 Author 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.
Andy Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Wait... One and Won have the same sound? ... *Confuzzled.......* I always pronounced them as Won, and Wun.. ish...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 15, 2007 Site Administrator Posted September 15, 2007 A good list, just not thorough. Okay, I'll concede that one...
glomph Posted September 15, 2007 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.
sungod Posted September 15, 2007 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
CarlHoliday Posted September 15, 2007 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.
Former Member Posted September 15, 2007 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
BeaStKid Posted September 15, 2007 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
Dalmatia Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Its colour by the way, trust me I did english
eliotmoore Posted September 15, 2007 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.
glomph Posted September 16, 2007 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.)
ashessnow Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 "Colour" always seemed pretentious to me.
AFriendlyFace Posted September 16, 2007 Author Posted September 16, 2007 "Colour" always seemed pretentious to me. Well heck! That's half the appeal! -Kevin
Menzoberranzen Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Well heck! That's half the appeal! -Kevin <3
BeaStKid Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Well, colour is winning!! And I must say...Colour looks appealing too...
jfalkon Posted September 16, 2007 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."
Site Administrator Graeme Posted September 16, 2007 Site Administrator 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....
ashessnow Posted September 16, 2007 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.
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