Different spellings.

[joelthezombie15]

Has anyone else noticed how there are different spellings for things depending on where you are from?

 

Examples.

 

Grey and Gray

Color and Colour (Ive only seen this a few times)

Favorite and Favourite 

 

 

I wonder why that is. anyone know why?

 

Post any you know of. 

 

(Im bored in case you are wondering :P )

 

[Samdb]

It's because the UK uses proper English...

[joelthezombie15]

It's because the UK uses proper English...

Ya but why did the other countries change it? there is only like 1 letter missing/changed in each. 

 

also 

mom and mum 

(Mom is correct imo it comes from Mother not muther)

[Samdb]

Ya but why did the other countries change it? there is only like 1 letter missing/changed in each. 

 

also 

mom and mum 

(Mom is correct imo it comes from Mother not muther)

It's the way it's pronounced over here, you wouldn't say moh-ther.

[Guest]

Americans.

[Lamb]

It's the same thing for different languages too. I know Spanish and French is the same way.

[Hyydrah]

It's because the UK uses proper English...

And to Latin/Greek speaking people, their spelling would be correct.

[ixi_your_face]

It's a locality type thing, we've kept to the real spellings of things, Americans, considering at colonial times, didn't have an education system to speak of they resorted to spelling things phonetically I.E the way things sound.

 

Aluminium and Aluminum is a good example, 

 

Aluminium (al-u-min-i-um)

Aluminum (al-oo-min-ee-um)

 

Simpler phonetics and simpler spellings for a simpler people

[Joshua]

It's just different dialects. For example, North America was colonised (Or colonized) by us Brits, which is why they speak English. This was a long time ago. At that time, we both spoke pretty much the exact same language. As I'm sure you're aware, language changes over time and as N. America and Britain weren't in direct contact all the time, the languages changed in different ways, therefore explaining the difference in accents and dialect.

[nightlitezzz]

Anything that's like "colour" I spell with OUR, I think of it like OUR way of spelling it, our as in Canada/British (or whatever it was) by the way.

[Vitalius]

Ya know, I never noticed the different spellings of Favorite. Weird. 

 

It's a locality type thing, we've kept to the real spellings of things, Americans, considering at colonial times, didn't have an education system to speak of they resorted to spelling things phonetically I.E the way things sound.

 

Aluminium and Aluminum is a good example, 

 

Aluminium (al-u-min-i-um)

Aluminum (al-oo-min-ee-um)

 

Simpler phonetics and simpler spellings for a simpler people

Where's the "ee" in there? 

I, being from the USA, use the Aluminum version. And I say it: "Al-oo-mi-num".

*confused*

[foxhound590]

It's a locality type thing, we've kept to the real spellings of things, Americans, considering at colonial times, didn't have an education system to speak of they resorted to spelling things phonetically I.E the way things sound.

 

Aluminium and Aluminum is a good example, 

 

Aluminium (al-u-min-i-um)

Aluminum (al-oo-min-ee-um)

 

Simpler phonetics and simpler spellings for a simpler people

cos jole blocks ixi 

[Langdon]

I've heard several reasons for the US changing up the spelling.

- To be as different as they can from Britain

- To save ink while printing newspapers and such

- Spelled phonetically

 

I'm not sure which one is true.

[joelthezombie15]

cos jole blocks ixi 

?

[Lyons]

Ya know, I never noticed the different spellings of Favorite. Weird. 

 

Where's the "ee" in there? 

I, being from the USA, use the Aluminum version. And I say it: "Al-oo-mi-num".

*confused*

 

Americans that say 'Aluminum' really annoy me. It's 'Aluminium' - 'Aluminum doesn't exist, Aluminium is an ELEMENT.

 

Also kind of unrelated, but 'there', 'their', 'they're', 'your', you're'. Use them properly.

 

American English is a bastardisation of the language.

[Guest]

While we're on the topic of spelling, "Spellings" is not a word.

[ixi_your_face]

Ya know, I never noticed the different spellings of Favorite. Weird. 

 

Where's the "ee" in there? 

I, being from the USA, use the Aluminum version. And I say it: "Al-oo-mi-num".

*confused*

twas my bad, twas thinking of the correct spelling again :P

[Ghost]

Has anyone else noticed how there are different spellings for things depending on where you are from?

That's news to me! Blew my mind!

[Vitalius]

Americans that say 'Aluminum' really annoy me. It's 'Aluminium' - 'Aluminum doesn't exist, Aluminium is an ELEMENT.

 

Also kind of unrelated, but 'there', 'their', 'they're', 'your', you're'. Use them properly.

 

American English is a bastardisation of the language.

I feel that is uncalled for as I did not use them incorrectly.

 

While we're on the topic of spelling, "Spellings" is not a word.

Well, it follows the rules of grammar, so I am going to go with it is a word. :| And Google disagrees

Also, an example of how to use the word spelling from Meriam-Webster:

 

The words “made” and “maid” sound alike but have different spellings.

Am I taking this seriously enough? Spelling is serious business. Stop picking on my ghetto United States of American slang. Ya dig?

[Lyons]

I feel that is uncalled for as I did not use them incorrectly.

 

Well, it follows the rules of grammar, so I am going to go with it is a word. :| And Google disagrees.

 

I wasn't referring to you, its not all about you...  -_-

[Ghost]

Well, it follows the rules of grammar, so I am going to go with it is a word. :| And Google disagrees.

"Spelling" is a mass noun (uncountable noun).

 

[Vitalius]

I wasn't referring to you, its not all about you...  -_-

The quote threw me off. :(

[ixi_your_face]

Spelling is a "Mass noun"

 

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