Colour or Color

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 9/30/2002, 10:18 pm

Okay, the U is like Canada itself. Not really necessary, but every once in awhile you notice it and think, "Hey, wait, is that supposed to be there? Kinda pretty, kinda neat, kinda different, but... what's the point?" and then you shrug and forget about it again. :mrgreen:

BUT I will say that "flavour" is much sexier than "flavor". :nod:

christa lynn · Post by **christa lynn** » 9/30/2002, 10:21 pm

Actually, the U does have a purpose. It's supposed to lengthen the vowel . . . . I think.

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 9/30/2002, 10:32 pm

Oh, and once my sister's fiance spent hours messing with the BNL song "Grade 9" and finally got it so they said "Ninth Grade". In defense of his this pathetic waste of time, he said, "But their way was wrong!"

I really don't understand him at all. :neutral:

gravity · Post by **gravity** » 10/1/2002, 4:13 am

after the revolutionary war, america wanted to seperate themselves from britain. Webster, of webster's dictionary, dropped silent letters and u's from words that he felt didnt need them. To make a long story short, useage dictates correctness.....if enough people do it the wrong way, in grammar, it is eventually correct.

defying_gravity · Post by **defying_gravity** » 10/1/2002, 4:31 am

Lynnever wrote:Actually, the U does have a purpose. It's supposed to lengthen the vowel . . . . I think.

Yeah. You don't say the end of "colour" like you say the word "or".

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 10/1/2002, 11:01 am

Aerindipity wrote:What about "grade 4" or "fourth grade"???

One is clearly right; the other clearly wrong.

I ran in a race and came in place 2.

I drive a car cherry red.

I have an appointment at PM 4.

superrgirll · Post by **superrgirll** » 10/1/2002, 12:58 pm

gravity wrote:after the revolutionary war, america wanted to seperate themselves from britain. Webster, of webster's dictionary, dropped silent letters and u's from words that he felt didnt need them. To make a long story short, useage dictates correctness.....if enough people do it the wrong way, in grammar, it is eventually correct.

Thanks for the history lesson.

stlloki · Post by **stlloki** » 10/1/2002, 1:26 pm

kuler

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 10/1/2002, 1:28 pm

Aerindipity wrote:Okay, the U is like Canada itself. Not really necessary, but every once in awhile you notice it and think, "Hey, wait, is that supposed to be there? Kinda pretty, kinda neat, kinda different, but... what's the point?" and then you shrug and forget about it again.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 10/1/2002, 2:40 pm

luckyJQ9 · Post by **luckyJQ9** » 10/1/2002, 2:44 pm

NOOO!!! Please lets not all get involved in a Canada war..those are the worst....

p.s.: i love canada..i owe it so much.

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 10/1/2002, 2:44 pm

aww, come on guys, you have to admit...it's funny.

I saw a documentary on PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and Vietnam War vets, and decided that I'm pretty sure that I want to live in Canada, once I finish my schooling. That kinda was "the straw that broke the camel's back" (yeah, I know, corny idiom) The stuff that they made these soldiers do, I don't even want to talk about it. :neutral:

Disturbing, to say the least.

luckyJQ9 · Post by **luckyJQ9** » 10/1/2002, 2:58 pm

we learned about the canadian government today...i kinda like...i want to move to canada cause it's impossible to seriously hate canada..unless you're a moron who doesn't matter. i love canada..they have so much to offer and don't get enough credit. :nod:

Xavier870 · Post by **Xavier870** » 10/1/2002, 3:30 pm

^^^^^

Blister · Post by **Blister** » 10/1/2002, 3:32 pm

Damnit. That U is British, not Canadian. I lay claims on that U!

ColoUr
FavoUrite
Alu-min-ee-um
YEAR 4
Trainers and
Trousers. :nod:

Haah. :wink:

superboots · Post by **superboots** » 10/1/2002, 3:49 pm

I've gotten in heated discussions about the American English language with one of my friends. I think that people should speak proper english and be gramatically correct, and he thinks that language has evolved and it's perfectly ok to say things like, "he don't know nothing," "I did that good" "What are them things," etc.

:neutral:

His main argument: if everybody still spoke "proper English," we'd be saying things like "thee, thou, hither, etc"

Does anybody have any thoughts on this? You'll never change my mind, but I like to know what the young people of this generation think about this issue.

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 10/1/2002, 3:53 pm

joe_canadian wrote:
Aerindipity wrote:Okay, the U is like Canada itself. Not really necessary, but every once in awhile you notice it and think, "Hey, wait, is that supposed to be there? Kinda pretty, kinda neat, kinda different, but... what's the point?" and then you shrug and forget about it again.

Calm down... Canada's great; I'd live there if I could. :mrgreen:

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 10/1/2002, 4:45 pm

luckyJQ9 wrote:we learned about the canadian government today...i kinda like...i want to move to canada cause it's impossible to seriously hate canada..unless you're a moron who doesn't matter. i love canada..they have so much to offer and don't get enough credit.

You're kidding right?

lora · Post by **lora** » 10/1/2002, 4:52 pm

Our pretty canadian government makes me laugh. Hard.

the android · Post by **the android** » 10/1/2002, 5:11 pm

*clumsyrific* wrote:His main argument: if everybody still spoke "proper English," we'd be saying things like "thee, thou, hither, etc"

Does anybody have any thoughts on this? You'll never change my mind, but I like to know what the young people of this generation think about this issue.

That's not "proper english". That's Old English.

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