Why cant you Americans spell colour it has a U in it!?

Thats extremely biast. A lot of British vocabulary doesn't make any sense or sound stupid. We call it diaper, you call it nappy. Nappy sounds stupid. It sounds like childish word that has been created by children's television. We call it pacifier, you call it dummy. Dummy again sounds silly but also is the meaning for another word. Dummy also means training dummy. If an Englishman was to say the word dummy by itself. Nobody could tell for sure if he was talking about like a training dummy or a pacifier. We use the word pacifier simply because it pacifies small children.. As simple as that. The British say dungarees. We say overalls. Now this one really confuses me. Dungarees sounds absolutely hilarious. We call them overalls.. Guess why?? Because they go over-all your clothing underneath. Potato Chips & Fries - In America, we call them fries and you call them chips. That doesn't make any sense. We call them fries because guess what?? There fried. In America, we call them potato chips and you call them crisps. We call them chips because they are chips of potato... Calling them crisp is not very accurate. The texture is more of a crunch than crisp. There is also a different kind of chip. A chip as in a chipped vase. Again if an englishman said chip. Nobody could tell for sure which one he meant. So as you said "Why can't we spell color?" Maybe its that your country can't spell color correctly. We are far bigger than you therefore the word color is far, far more used than the word colour. Your country is the size of just 1 of our 50 states. You country would only be the size of a small one. There are a lot more flaws in the British language. For example in America we use the letter "Z" in words that have the "Z" whereas you would commonly use the letter "S" I am not saying that Americas vocabulary is "better" or "flawless" but as the English created Americans hundreds of years ago. This country definitely has refined, evolved and simplified the language in something easier to learn. The British vocabulary is far more complicated and contains a lot of word that are used for different things. A lot of words in the British language are more technical and silly sounding. Its extremely biast of you to say that we can't spell just because you are used to a word that is only spelled like that in a tiny tiny part of this world.

Usually when you refer to someone as "you whatever" it is not considered very polite. In our dictionary and language, which has differences from the English used in other countries, just as the English used in Australia differs from the UK, etc., color is spelled without the "u".
I am disappointed to see that the common insult that Americans have the edge on rudeness is not necessarily true, though.

Why CAN'T you spell CAN'T it has an apostrophe in it !?

I am English not American and even I know that there are quite a few differences in the way words are spelt.

What does it matter as long as it is understood....

You English put too many extra letters into everything. Check out your sn, for example. We spell "Suzy" with only one "Z". More economical. LOL.

Why can't non American spell color without a U in it? US is the current world power and the glory days of the British Empire are over, England is nothing more than a second class nation!

I think it's the other way round, actually. We should be more like the Americans. The English language is so mixed up, that it needs improving. American spellings like color, humor, honor, behavior, neighbor are better than British spellings. Motor looks wierd spelled like motour. So why do we spell colour like we do? Centre, theatre, both derived from French. but why keep the French spellings? Why not make them better English and spell them as center, theater. Americans have only made a few changes or should I say "improvements". If it weren't for America, we'd probably be spelling "jail" still like "gaol".

i have never spelled it like that! i have always spelled it as 'color' with no U. unless there is some new way of spelling things that i dont know of?!

Hey suzzy bag of sh*t, U and the queen mother can kiss my dirty american @sscrack!

"VIVA LA BROOKLYN!"

Suzzy. Americans have their own way of spelling certain words. It's their prerogative. I take it you are English like myself? In that case: your question should have read 'Why can't you Americans spell "colour"? It has a "u" in it.' Note the apostrophe in "can't" to indicate missing letters - "n" and "o" of "cannot". Also note the way the sentence should have been split with the question mark after "colour", which is also enclosed in quotes to indicate the word in question. The same rule applies for the "u".

it's a matter of. . .I don't really know exactly. but there are certain differences between british english and american english. it's a normal thing. what's so disturbing about colour and color? I mean. . .let's enjoy the multicultural differences between us humans *dreamy*
I'm romanian and I learned british english in school so don't ask me. but I know that even in romania there are differences between standard romanian that we speak in bucharest (capital city) and the romanian that is spoken in the north. it makes more sense in your case, though. Britain and the States are 2 different countries. and so. . .things are not 100% the same. because it's another country. . .and ppl do things a bit differently. . .:D why do you english ppl drive on the right? (I think that's cool. . .but. . .see what I mean?) :D

Because our neighbours to the south have another favourite way of spelling colour. Let's just honour the "correct" way that we spell it!

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