On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:04:27 +0000, Mattias Merilai wrote: > Didn't that ou/o stuff in humour/humor, saviour/savior, colour/color > etc. have anything to do with differences between uk and us english? I > seem to remember that in uk they spell these words with ou and the lazy > and/or progressive americans have shortened it down to only o for > themselves...
Yes, which is why it was amusing that the site describes "savior" as the traditional spelling :) The explanation I heard is that when Noah Webster was compiling his dictionary, he opted for the simpler spelling whenever there was a choice. The Webster dictionary became the de facto reference in US education, so his spelling choices became the norm for Americans. -- Neil Bothwick Death to all fanatics!
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