Which way of typing color do you prefer,color or colour.I have a bunch of people at my school who write it like colour so i was wondering how many people here do
I assume most people who have been educated in British English will write it with a U, while everyone more comfortable in American English will write it without. I write most of those words the British way, except "armor" because this site has ruined that for me.
color is Americana and colour is British. I'm in Britain at the moment and most people spell it colour. But i was born and had some of my education in Australia and they mostly wrote it colour as well that's how i was taught so i write colour. But really its the same word and meaning except one has a U and one doesn't so i 'spoes it depends where you were taught to write.
I write it color because it's how they taught me, many people amongst the world are taught differently in slang or in other ways of speaking and writing.
Wouldn't that just be British English, considering Australia is part of the Commonwealth.
Anyway, nice to see how people like to repeat the "People write this way, because that is what they have been taught/live in certain countries. The originality is marvellous.
So, let's take something else, because there is very little to the actual topic. Ironically, however I have been taught, my school(s), and perhaps the entire country did, and still does, have a rule that states that there is no problem in using American English, as long as you are consistent about it, that is, not suddenly including Us into stuff, though I don't know if that includes writing pants instead of trousers and all the other ways American English differs from British English. Considering DK is a country where English is either a second, third or fourth language, obviously this way of doing it is just making more sense anyway. No reason to go about strictly teaching children British English, when they will be watching American TV and would rather go visit the US rather than England for some reason (always better than Germany, I guess), so, as long as they stick to one spelling entirely, it is alright. So, how about that, non-native English speakers? Do you have it the same way, or are there other rules in your educational system?
I was born and somewhat raised in Kenya with the British English, but moved to the US in my formative years so I tend to flip flop between the two, I try to catch my mistakes for the most part but it slips through on occasion. Personally though, I prefer to use colour and armour, etc.
there is no problem in using American English, as long as you are consistent about it, that is, not suddenly including Us into stuff, though I don't know if that includes writing pants instead of trousers and all the other ways American English differs from British English.
I don't really know why, but in our American schooling they don't even show us the alternate way to say color/colour, armor/armour, etc. The first time I actually found out about the British way was when I decided to read Lord of the Rings in first grade. If we used British English on our spelling tests and weren't a British exchange student or something like that, I'm guessing we would get marked off a bit. This is just another way I've begun to realize how America is somewhat ignorant of a lot of things around them. Maybe the nation is scared we will all like that way of spelling better and move out!
On a second note, I think colour looks more exquisite than color but I don't think I'll risk using it.
