Use of "U" in words 1

[Michael52x]

Is it that words are correct in having a "u" and incorrect in not?
Like colour vs color or favourite vs favorite
Is it that "American English" is wrong?


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[SantaMufasa]

Well, this has all been properly parsed, and is now permanently paused for posterity. End of thread! Yay!..."Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction"

Next topic: Irony. <grin>


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[KornGeek]

I don't consider myself pretentious (then again, who does?), and I've never lived outside of California, yet I occasionally add the optional 'u' to words. I communicate online with enough people from overseas that it sometimes feels more natural.

Strangely, "favourite" seems to be the word where I inadvertantly add the 'u' at times, yet I would almost never unintentially use "colour" or "armour". The only explanation I can find is that "favourite" is one of those rare words that I probably see spelled the British way more often than the American way.

 

[wahnula]

I've put it all together now...one of 's favorite bands is Chicago, and one of their greatest hits (and probably the biggest prom theme song in history) was Colour My World. It all falls quietly into place.

Tony

Users helping Users...

 

[SantaMufasa]

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[SQLSister]

I always thought TA was a shortening of ta-ta (meaning goodbye). Never once had I associated it with Thank you.

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[LizSara]

@Korngeek ~ Optional U ~ priceless!

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." ~ Nietzsche"

 

[Welshbird]

*sigh*

I'm going to have to say it, aren't I? As no-one else has...

The optional 'U' you say. Hmm. I say - where did this language of English begin? (Hint - the clue is in the name!)

Fee

"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea." Isak Dinesen

 

[KornGeek]

Fee -

New England?

 

[CajunCenturion]

==>where did this language of English begin?
I believe the Anglo-Saxons emigrated from Germany.

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[CajunCenturion]

And I also believe you'll find that England was named from the language, "englisc", and not the reverse.

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[Welshbird]

<tongue firmly inserted> I think my point was that it still isn't called 'American'....</tongue>

Fee

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[KornGeek]

Fee,

Thanks for the reminder. Next on our agenda, we need to correct the name of the language. In terms of population, we vastly outnumber the English, so I think it's high time we corrected the name of our language. (We might even get Irish support on this, but I can't be certain.)

Who cares if they were using a similar language first; we use it better. ;-)

 

[CajunCenturion]

LOL - no. So tell me, how do the English feel about "melty"? Or for that matter, how do the Welsh feel about it?


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[Stella740pl]

Cajun,

So tell me, how do the English feel about "melty"? Or for that matter, how do the Welsh feel about it?

My guess would be, that's how: thread655-1490186.
Fee said she is turning into a "grumpy melting analyst".
(And I really, really sympathize - I hate heat, too.)

 

[Olaf Doschke]

But it doesn't exclude Doctor Who fans. When they do it, they're just being pretentious.

Being Doctor Who fan and being pretentious, isn't that tautology?

Bye, Olaf.

 

[LizSara]

KornGeek ~ Go ahead, at least people will know you aren't speaking English then rather than having to guess as we do now.

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[EdwardMartinIII]

Being Doctor Who fan and being pretentious, isn't that tautology?"

Well, now that DW is pop, probably it's not an issue.

But the extra "u" is still a cheat at Scrabble. Except with "through". Ahem.

Edward

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[Olaf Doschke]

Except with "through". Ahem.

...or pretentious...

Bye, Olaf.

 

[SantaMufasa]

...or pretentious...

Olaf, are you suggesting that hundreds of millions of "spellers" throughout the world, who align themselves with accepted British spellings of hundreds of words are being pretentious?


Although I may favour West-End Girls, patterning myself after East-End Boys is not my idea of a step up (even a pretentious one). <grin>

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