On 10/06/18 18:03, Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2018-06-10 09:39, Brian Barker wrote: >> At 09:25 10/06/2018 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote: >>> On 2018-06-10 08:19, Malte Meyn wrote: >>>> The poem is a humourous (is that how you spell it?) explanation for >>>> losing them every now and then. >>> >>> You did just fine. It is humorous (or humourous) depending on your >>> flavor (or flavour) of English. >> >> Sorry, but this is not so. British English - and some other Englishes >> - use "humour" (and "flavour") but still have "humorous". > > Well, fork me then. According to OED, while chiefly a British variant, > the spelling humourous is regarded as an error. Can't blame that one on > the headache; that's entirely me being a dumb. Oh, well. > > -- Aaron Hill
Possibly reflecting British pronunciation? Hume-err as against hume-or-us for example.
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