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Originally Posted by NeatNit
Yeah actually in most cases, the american u-less version makes more sense, but it's still never wrong to use the british version.
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What doesn't make sense to me is how when Americans say it, they sound like they are saying "colour" with heavy emphasis on a "ou" sound. But yet they spell it "color".
Also "ALUMIN
IUM". Why drop the letter "i"?
And "CAR
AMEL" Why drop the letter "a"?
How does it make more sense?! Surely sticking with original English spelling makes more sense because it still contains the letters of the original word etymology from whatever it came from e.g. old French.
But in the end, neither one makes more or less sense. It's just the way it is!
P.S. I think the spelling of "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE" is what doesn't make sense.