The "u" in non-american english

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highwaystar101 said:

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'.

 

Also I have a question for the Americans; why the hell can't you just adopt the metric system?!

Just thought I would post the map of countries that have yet to adopt the metric system...

Yep so it's pretty much USA, Liberia (aka. USA part 2) and Burma.

Britain hasn't fully accepted it yet. All road signs are in miles, and speedometers and speed limits are in MPH. But that would be nearly impossible to change.