Poll: Colour or Color?

[The_root_of_all_evil]

being a Canadian, Ive always spelled it "Colour".
everyone does it differently, but im guessing "Color" is probably the most popular.

"Colour" is the original spelling in English, but Noah Webster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster] took it that American's needed their own version of English to differentiate themselves from the Redcoats. Therefore most English words are spelt according to their etymological roots while American words are spelled according to their ease of use.

So both are right, or wrong, as the case may be.

 

[Nimzabaat]

Americans spell it color because they have dropped the "u" from a lot of words. In English it is colour because that is the proper way to spell it. Americans also use "nite" as opposed to "night" and pronounce "coyote" as "coyotee" (but oddly they've never wrotee each other notees). It's just another silly language thing.

 

[RicoADF]

being a Canadian, Ive always spelled it "Colour".
everyone does it differently, but im guessing "Color" is probably the most popular.

Colour or else its false!
Stupid spell check saying color because its American programed!

 

[kurupt87]

I'm English, so it's colour for me.

Color looks wrong and, to me, looks like it should be pronounced similarly to colon.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

I spell it color in memory of Webster because he trolled the Englishmen.

 

[Arkham]

When I started high school my ninth grade English teacher gave my class a spelling test of simple words, most of which coincidentally had multiple accepted spellings. Color was one of those words, but I wanted to be a smartass so the entire year I used alternative spellings for everything I could, especially colour.

Needless to say I didn't get very good grades that year but I did pass. I ended up getting a lecture that I needed to do everything 'the American way.' Come to think of it I probably shouldn't have been correcting my teacher's grammar, but I digress.

Long story short, I switch back and forth between the two.

 

[PatrickXD]

Stop taking away letters for no reason, an Englishman made English as a language, a tool of communication. Don't fix what isn't broken.

 

[Queen Michael]

The Charizard option has 72 votes right now. That's 72 members that could have done something useful with their vote if you hadn't inserted that option. But to stop nagging and start actually contributing to the discussion, I spell it "color" since I try to be consistent and American spelling is what they use in most of what I read.

 

[Something Amyss]

I had a lot of exposure to british and Canadian entertainment when I was younger, and picked up a lot of "British" spellings. So I spell things like "Colour," "Honour," and "Aboot."

But still, "Maneuver." It's weird.

 

[Sovvolf]

Colour, I'm a cheese eating Brit... So well that's how we are taught to spell it. As for pronunciation (which seems to be the big arguement for spelling it color with the looks of things. I'm from Barnsley so I pronounce it Kulur as part of my accent. See that's the problem with the whole pronunciation arguement, it's all subjective to your accent or the place you live... So that arguement fails.

 

[Natmonkey]

I mostly use British spelling. So, colour.

 

[zHellas]

Australia = colour.

"Where does Yahtzee live?" "In colour."
"Daddy, what's this big country right here?" "Why that's colour, sweetie."
"So last Summer I took a vacation to colour."

XD

OT: I live in the U.S., so it is "color" for me.

 

[OceanRunner]

Colour. I'm European.

 

[Anezay]

Color, because I'm American, and we spell stuff OUR way.

 

[Digikid]

I spell it the CORRECT way. COLOR.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Colour, cause it's the correct spelling.

 

[Thorvan]

Brits spell it with the U.

Canadian spell it the same eh.

"Coloehr?"

I jest. And yes, here in Canadia we spell it colour. In fact, does anyone other than the US spell it color?

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

I don't understand this sentiment:

The Brits say colour. Their language, their rules.

Colour, cause it's the correct spelling.

Stop taking away letters for no reason, an Englishman made English as a language, a tool of communication. Don't fix what isn't broken.

The Brits just ripped off the Old French word "color"
The French ripped off the Latin word "color"
Which came from the Old Latin word "colos", which means 'covering'.
(source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=color )

So, essentially the British just jammed a U in there and declared it the 'correct' way of spelling the word.

Now, being Irish I spell it with a U, but I say kudos to the Americans for taking the word back to its roots. And screw the Brits for not being original, and then having the gall to get uppity about it.

 

[cp.06]

I spell it the CORRECT way. COLOR.

I'm sorry, what language are you speaking? OH that's right! ENGLISH.

If the Americans can't be bothered to make their own language then at least have the common courtesy to leave OUR language (for I am English) in it's right, and proper form. Why do you feel the need to remove letters and add 'Z's to everything which previously had an 'S'?

Another example: Ass = Another name for a donkey. Arse= Bum.

Leave our language be!