tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post4048545408751726713..comments2024-03-27T08:31:44.348+01:00Comments on Random Idea English: Just how American are the origins of center, scepter and theater, spellingwise?Warsaw Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-52293158138205178112014-07-16T20:59:46.035+02:002014-07-16T20:59:46.035+02:00That's it. Don't know quite what went wron...That's it. Don't know quite what went wrong there.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-22176666670308062952014-07-16T05:42:24.614+02:002014-07-16T05:42:24.614+02:00Thanks, Will. I couldn't quite get the link to...Thanks, Will. I couldn't quite get the link to work, but I assume it is to this that you're referring:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or<br /><br />Very interesting.Peter Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871546762671752664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-16618798788056674212014-07-15T12:12:27.385+02:002014-07-15T12:12:27.385+02:00@Peter Tan - Wikipedia deals pretty well with hist...@Peter Tan - Wikipedia deals pretty well with history of 'or/our' <a rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-8279740586518742202014-07-11T13:56:36.594+02:002014-07-11T13:56:36.594+02:00First of all, thanks for making the number of foll...First of all, thanks for making the number of followers up to the magic 100. <br /><br />I think Webster back-pedalled (or was forced to do so) on quite a number of his intended reforms.<br /><br />I hadn't thought about <i>'colour'</i> etc - maybe that's a subject for another post. I'm biased of course, but I don't actually see how <i>'or'</i> is any nearer the actual sound /ə(r)/, than <i>'our'</i>, but I suppose it does have one less letter. Me, I prefer <i>'our'</i>.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-59849310936807571452014-07-11T09:49:48.619+02:002014-07-11T09:49:48.619+02:00Fascinating. So Webster was perhaps less innovativ...Fascinating. So Webster was perhaps less innovative than he has been given credit for! Mind you, he also back-pedalled on his suggestions like 'thum' for 'thumb' or 'fether'.<br /><br />Did you also look at the -or/-our words (colour, honour, favour, etc.)? I suspect the picture is also similar. Dickens is known to have favoured the -or spellings.Peter Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871546762671752664noreply@blogger.com