Okay that was fun.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
Here is an explanation from http://open-dictionary.com/Color
(Can't vouch for how truthful this is...wasn't there at the time)
[Co-lor] /_____/
1)...
Alternative Spelling of
* colour (UK English)
Note - Originally the spelling of 'colour' without a U was a sanctioned
change of the Spelling Reformist Movement, which was not exculsively
accepted by Americans, but was much more popular in the US than it was
in England. Henceforth, when the movement died out, its changes remained
in US English but not in UK English. Not all American English spellings
are from these changes, 'aluminum' for example, was introduced by Noah
Webster. Nowadays, 'color' is a US English spelling.
Etymology
From Old French coulour, from Latin color. In American spelling the 'u'
was dropped from colour to simplify the spelling. In British spelling
the 'u' remains.
The short answer is that the French made us do it!
HTH
Rob
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