Posted by Andy Dingley on 03/08/07 15:17

On 7 Mar, 16:55, patrick j <usemywebs...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Don't forget that in the UK we spell colour with a u. We do this because we
> like being awkward.

Actually we do it because in medieval England it was pretentious to
pretend to be French, whereas in 19th century America it was
pretentious to pretend to be Roman.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our_.2F_-or>

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