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12-07-2014, 08:33 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2014 05:43 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)

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RE: The Queen's English

(12-07-2014 08:16 PM)MaddieM Wrote: I'm intrigued to know why the US spellings for words like Parlour and Colour dropped the u's.

My humble guess - the Americans were (are) more easygoing about making things simple and simply adapted the spelling of the French loanwords to the English pronunciation.

Wow, my guess was correct: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/wor...n-spelling

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RE: The Queen's English - MaddieM - 12-07-2014, 08:16 PM

RE: The Queen's English - Eva Elisabeth - 12-01-2014, 09:17 PM

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RE: The Queen's English - Eva Elisabeth - 12-07-2014 08:33 PM

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