The "u" in non-american english

[The Fury]

Rath said:

SimonSaysFYou said:

So all you foreigners, please explain why you add a 'u' to words like favourite (favorite), colour (color), and others? The words don't have the short o sound when you say them. I understand that english is a complex language with complex sounds, dialects, and irregularities...but this I've never been able to understand.

American English is the variation away from standard English, not the other way around. The American's removed the vowel for the same reason they invented the atrocity 'thru'.

Wait, that is real? I thought it was just 'text talk' or a joke. *shudders*