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Main Entry:
1col·or Listen to the pronunciation of 1color
Pronunciation:
\ˈkə-lər\
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
Middle English colour, from Anglo-French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to conceal — more at hell
Date:
13th century
There you go...the spelling changes, as does the word labour/labor...closer to Europe, the less it changes.
British vs American spelling: Colour is British and Color is American,
because Canada was under British rule for so long, I guess the British influence stuck around...
this may help...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
And if you change your language setting to british english, it will accept colour as the right way to spell it instead of color...
It is the same with labor and labour, or aluminum and aluminium, either is correct, and whereas we got most of our grammar from Great Britain, it is colloquial and regional changes that creep in over time that change our spelling. Remember that it wasn't until Merriam Webster popularized his dictionary that there were real rules of spelling and grammar for most persons. Previously everyon spelt az thay wonted to and et was upto the reeder to figger aut whut they ment. In earlier times, only the gentry could even read
and thus pictographics were the norm: The Spreading Oak Inn would have a picture of a spreading oak, the Three Dragons pub would have a sign with three dragons, etc.
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Does anyone happen to know why the word colour gets spelled differently from country to country?
Here in canada is gets spelled colour and I think its americans that spell it color. I don't understand why its different. How about other...
countries, do they spell it different too?