British Spelling

I'm guessing this is aimed at me and bam? :wacky:

Well, the second part anyway. 8D
 
British spelling is spelled like French.

I like spelling English words from Latin.

color, coloris --> original Latin word

Bastardized french: colour


favor, favoris --> original Latin word

Bastardized french: favour.
 
Well when I learned that a lot of the words used in English came from Latin, I thought it was quite obvious after noticing that a few words from Latin sound and look a lot like modern day words in English.

Now, I can't tell for sure which English is the best between American English and British English, as long as I can understand both, I never care.
 
me & me mum and me dad and me gran
were off to waterloo
me and me mum and me dad and me gran with a bucket of vindaloooo
 
Well actually, now that I think of it, British accent reminds me a lot of Archaic English (I quit investigating Old English after my English Teacher died...), and the problem with English is that we have so many different types of English slightly altered per region, and I found out funny when one told me that certain English speaking groups can't come to understand each other at some point of the conversation. I am not sure if this is true though, I am still learning.
 
Vegnagun said:
Well when I learned that a lot of the words used in English came from Latin, I thought it was quite obvious after noticing that a few words from Latin sound and look a lot like modern day words in English.

Now, I can't tell for sure which English is the best between American English and British English, as long as I can understand both, I never care.
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65% of English words are from Latin. I prefer to spell words as close to the original Latin roots as much as possible, because I don't think French has anything to do with it, nor should it. If French never existed, it doesn't change the way certain English words might be spelled or interpreted.

I don't think spelling color without the u or favor without the u is specifically "American"; just closer to Latin. But you may choose to spell it with or without; I agree that it doesn't matter which one you choose, so long as you know what word it is.
 
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