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Old 03-25-2013, 07:59 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Nimbus117 View Post
The English language is a fairly recent one and is a mixture of several languages after many invasions as well as colonisations (note there is no 'z' in this word).

I think that you will find that 'colour' was originally spelt this way, the original occupants of the US had a completely different word for when they were discussing things in their wigwams.

The immigrants who occupy the country now didn't know how to spell and forgot to take a dictionary hence 'color' and a heap more incorrectly spelt words.


Americans have no incorrectly spelled words. Like dentistry and fluoridated drinking water, we have made improvements for the sake of English-speaking civil society.

And we like to take words back to the original Latin... instead of keeping up the traditions of any un-invited Normans.
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