In message , Mayayana
writes:
"NY" wrote

| I'm fairly relaxed about UK versus US spelling. The U in colour, humour
etc,
| has no purpose and could be removed; likewise it is perverse that we

The pronunciation varies too: in England, "culluh", in US "coll'r"
(which to UK ears sounds like collar, i. e. neckpiece). Though to be
inconsistent, the first 0 isn't always uh - we pronounce hono[u]r as
onner (US arn'r).

reverse
| the R and E in theatre. But since that's what British spelling rules say,

The -re/-er endings derive from the higher proportions of French/German
in the heritages, I think. Though I've never understood the origin of
the US voiced embedded T (water is pronounced warder, writer as rider,
Italy ad Iddly, title as tidal, and so on); it's not an inability to
pronounce an unvoiced T - that comes out fine if at the beginning of a
word (title gets two different Ts in US).

| then I will fight to the death to spell the words that way :-)
|
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And don't forget aluminium. It's much more
fun than our aluminum. Aluminium feels like
a long, hilly sleigh ride, what?

Yes, it's odd. We in UK do have non-i words - laudanum, lanthanum; but
both sides have helium, or even a metal, chromium.


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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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