The "u" in non-american english

[Kantor]

trashleg said:

Kantor said:

trashleg 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.

heh.

lazy americans.

i don't understand The Bloody English either.. just one of those things

also, if you think English is bad you should check out the language they speak north of the border.. just ask Kantor

 

 

Thes quine speaks th' truth.

Translator. I can't speak Scots that well. Quine?

lol quine = girl. but only the Aberdonians say that, really.

everywhere else says lassie or "burd".

 

i called Americans lazy! just like they call Scots people "funny weird and drunk all the time".. but it was all in good jest. i really like this thread.

No, the Irish are the ones who people say are drunk all the time. Scots are loud, violent and eat nothing but haggis.

Did you say you liked Black Pudding or Haggis? I can't remember.