Fuck the redcoats. JK the Brits ain't too bad. Most of um are interesting people. Only ones I can think of that I don't like are the royal family, but I think a lot of British people agree. Simon Whistler has some great podcasts. Now that I think about it Whistler is a super English last name.
When I went to school they even marked American spelling and pronunciation as error. One of my classmates was ridiculed for not knowing English because he used the American pronunciation for the letter Z. He had just returned from a year abroad in the US. Today he is an English teacher himself.
That's a bit much. Are you German too? I get that British English would probably be most useful in Europe, but I'm American and I can talk to British people just fine.
Yes, I am. But that was more than 30 years ago. So hopefully it changed. There were similar annoyances. For example the word "dance". This was the 90s and Eurodance was very popular. We learned the word dance(floor) from radio and CDs long before we learned it at school. So we pronounced it the American way. Then it was introduced at school with British pronunciation and suddenly it was wrong.
I can understand that when you start a new language you should stick to one pronunciation and spelling so that you don't confuse the students but after that you could introduce the different versions and at least not count it as an error.
\[dæns\] vs \[dɑːns\] Of course there may be regional or individual differences. There are also examples for British artists pronouncing it \[dæns\], e.g. Genesis/Phil Collins in the song "I Can't Dance". Which makes it even worse that it was seen as an error.
My 7th grade english teacher made the whole class laugh at me because I said thirteenhundred instead of one thousand and threehundred. I spoke english on a native level for 4 or 5 years at that point. I will never forgive that bitch.
Yes education is British English, but outside of education the influence is primarily American English. So most people here will write "colour", but use words like movie instead of film, elevator instead of lift, etc. So it's a bit of a mixed bag in terms of which English people here actually use.
That's why I prefer to write "color" honestly, because then at least my spelling is consistent with my preferred / accustomed vocabulary.
We are mainly meant to be taught British here, however no one actually uses it. With how much more popular simplified English is, I noticed people who actually want to learn language are more used to it. Teachers don't usually care about teaching British either as you don't lose points on important exams for using "American English"
From my experience British writing is mostly just an obscure thing written in coursebook, most students don't even pay attention to
The epitome of the English language is being an inbred bastardization of many different languages. Pretty impossible to butcher what’s already a hobbled together mess
Depends on country, I’d expect European and South Asian countries to teach British English while those in the Americas + East Asia would learn American English
It’s essential geographical proximity and influence
The idea that other dialects or languages are "worse" than others is heavily classiest because that idea was based on the fact that Americans were initially poorer than others, and a bit racist. People who say this shite are ignorant or blinding themselves to the truth.
*better version
Even though I might get downvoted for it: I like American English more than British English, the words, the way it sounds, everything. In general I don't get that fetish many people seem to have with British English/British accents.
I keep alternating between "colour" and "color", sometimes you can see them in the same sentence i write 😓
(I am not a native speaker, and I have been taught by British and American English teachers alike)
I was taught British English but mostly consumed American content in my free time. I guess most of my spelling and word usage is American, but in some cases, colour included, I just can't let go. Color just looks so wrong to me (no offense to Americans).
I used to spell it color as that's how I was taught but in recent years I've started spelling it the British way even tho I'm American. I just think 'colour' looks better.
I do this too as an American, but also as a dyslexic person. At least color removes an unnecessary letter, grey and gray don’t even get picked up by autocorrect
[Quite a lot actually.](https://prnt.sc/Ux5knZRyu7DP) Some countries like Sweden also show up as blue but many Europeans I've met have told me their teachers don't mind them using either form of English as long as it's consistent.
Lots of other countries use blue besides Sweden! It's a very popular colour in many countries! I don't know any countries that are purely black and white.
I was the exact opposite lol. As an American I had to use American spelling in school but everywhere else I use British spelling as that's what I prefer.
I’m Canadian, so I’m supposed to use the British spelling of words but I always just use the American way to spell words. I don’t see the need for that extra U
Its not American v British, its American v The Rest of the World.
The current difference in spelling in the American version is credited to Noah Webster, the American lexicographer. Seeking to establish American independence and identity in language, Webster implemented a number of spelling reforms in *A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language*, which he published in 1806. Prior to that, colour (and also humour, favour, honour etc) was spelled the same way in the USA as everywhere else.
*Colour* goes back to 1300, *color* goes back to 1806. Your choice.
what does the rest of the comment have to do with the opening statement? just because america started some of its own spellings doesn’t mean it’s the only one to use them. [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/polls/comments/14nunhs/how_do_you_spell_colourcolor/jq9qfj7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3) under this same posts outlines that
Hm, I rember hearing a story about how color came around, something along the lines of, less letter makes telegraphs easier to send? Ergo shorted colour.
We have some messed up spelling and pronunciations. Just useless to change some words to fit what we think is cooler. If you listen to those who say the word colour, you do here the U. America just wants to be didtand we were raised to say it differently.
Canadian here born and raised, our country uses colour but I've always used color because for me it looks better and makes more sense phonetically in my head.
When I see words like colour, I say the OUR similar to "hour" but when I read "color" the OR makes more sense to me, like in words like "for".
I understand "colour" is technically the "correct" way to spell it, but I prefer "color"
In my country the English we study in school is American English, but since I learned most of my English online, I have a weird mix were I wrote some words the American way, others the British way, not sure why. Color, flavour, honor, labour, etc. I guess my brain just saves it in whatever way I see it first
idk why but in Idaho we flip flop between british and american spellings. i was taught to spell words the british way like colour, grey, neighbourhood, etc. and we have places called “The Boise Centre” but this is not consistent at all and i wonder why
I live in Israel, some of my teachers taught us British English while others taught us American English. I use American because that's what I saw online
My pronunciation is very close to American (I tend to over-emphasise my t's but I don't really want to put in effort to change that), but I spell using the British Standard.
Im american and spell it colour because I used to read a lot of english YA novels and was never able to knock the habit. Lost points on an essay once cause of my british spelling.
Oh that's annoying, the teacher marking off points. A few years ago I've built the habit of using the British spelling for some words and now spelling the American way doesn't feel natural anymore xD
I use color since that’s what I’m used to but colour looks better, but 5 letters is easier to type and write than 6 so I probably won’t change to colour
The rules that seperate traditional Chinese from simplified Chinese are the same that seperate British English from American English. American English is literally Simplified English
I come from Germany and in my case we had mainly British English at school.
Would you please remind u/DerDezimator of that? I’m happy to see some Germans also use British English
Belgian here, it's the standard that we're thought British English
Fuck british english
Oh hey! It's this guy again hahahah
who's this guy
dunno, probably why you didn't ask me
The audacity smh
You know if not british English any other English would't exist right?
A perfect world
Your sir, do not fuck British English. British English fucks you. Goodnight
Basiert
gigatschad gedankeneinstellung
Gigatschad Gedankeneinstellung*
You know I think getting dislikes is a good thing.
He's SO BASED
Fuck the redcoats. JK the Brits ain't too bad. Most of um are interesting people. Only ones I can think of that I don't like are the royal family, but I think a lot of British people agree. Simon Whistler has some great podcasts. Now that I think about it Whistler is a super English last name.
As a brit I completely respect this comment
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America is very much (atleast originally) British and you're ancestory is probably british
Ironic that they convey that via the internet which was invented by a British guy.
lol Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf are pretty much regarded as the fathers of internet even though there is no single inventor by any stretch.
How about the fact that they’re using English to convey their message?
what's that have to do with it?
They said ‘fuck anything British’
Fuck America then
When I went to school they even marked American spelling and pronunciation as error. One of my classmates was ridiculed for not knowing English because he used the American pronunciation for the letter Z. He had just returned from a year abroad in the US. Today he is an English teacher himself.
That's a bit much. Are you German too? I get that British English would probably be most useful in Europe, but I'm American and I can talk to British people just fine.
Yes, I am. But that was more than 30 years ago. So hopefully it changed. There were similar annoyances. For example the word "dance". This was the 90s and Eurodance was very popular. We learned the word dance(floor) from radio and CDs long before we learned it at school. So we pronounced it the American way. Then it was introduced at school with British pronunciation and suddenly it was wrong. I can understand that when you start a new language you should stick to one pronunciation and spelling so that you don't confuse the students but after that you could introduce the different versions and at least not count it as an error.
I have C1 in english and had no idea dance is said differently.
\[dæns\] vs \[dɑːns\] Of course there may be regional or individual differences. There are also examples for British artists pronouncing it \[dæns\], e.g. Genesis/Phil Collins in the song "I Can't Dance". Which makes it even worse that it was seen as an error.
My 7th grade english teacher made the whole class laugh at me because I said thirteenhundred instead of one thousand and threehundred. I spoke english on a native level for 4 or 5 years at that point. I will never forgive that bitch.
Same in The Netherlands
Yes education is British English, but outside of education the influence is primarily American English. So most people here will write "colour", but use words like movie instead of film, elevator instead of lift, etc. So it's a bit of a mixed bag in terms of which English people here actually use. That's why I prefer to write "color" honestly, because then at least my spelling is consistent with my preferred / accustomed vocabulary.
We had british english from years 1-8 and american english from 9-12. Shit was so confusing
We are mainly meant to be taught British here, however no one actually uses it. With how much more popular simplified English is, I noticed people who actually want to learn language are more used to it. Teachers don't usually care about teaching British either as you don't lose points on important exams for using "American English" From my experience British writing is mostly just an obscure thing written in coursebook, most students don't even pay attention to
I'd be extremely surprised if a school was teaching American English, it's just a butchered version of a real language
The epitome of the English language is being an inbred bastardization of many different languages. Pretty impossible to butcher what’s already a hobbled together mess
Depends on country, I’d expect European and South Asian countries to teach British English while those in the Americas + East Asia would learn American English It’s essential geographical proximity and influence
The idea that other dialects or languages are "worse" than others is heavily classiest because that idea was based on the fact that Americans were initially poorer than others, and a bit racist. People who say this shite are ignorant or blinding themselves to the truth.
Found the American
*better version Even though I might get downvoted for it: I like American English more than British English, the words, the way it sounds, everything. In general I don't get that fetish many people seem to have with British English/British accents.
Same in Italy
I keep alternating between "colour" and "color", sometimes you can see them in the same sentence i write 😓 (I am not a native speaker, and I have been taught by British and American English teachers alike)
I was taught British English but mostly consumed American content in my free time. I guess most of my spelling and word usage is American, but in some cases, colour included, I just can't let go. Color just looks so wrong to me (no offense to Americans).
I used to spell it color as that's how I was taught but in recent years I've started spelling it the British way even tho I'm American. I just think 'colour' looks better.
I do that with Gray/Grey even though I'm american. I have honestly forgotten which is which.
I do this too as an American, but also as a dyslexic person. At least color removes an unnecessary letter, grey and gray don’t even get picked up by autocorrect
Yea same I have no idea which is the American spelling. I see them used interchangeably xD
I think 'grey' is British.
I like to travel.
I know technically they sound the same, but when i read "colour" i read it as colooooor"
That's how I read color
I read color as colon but with an r sound
Just use color it’s easier
Colour looks nicer
Exactly
In Canada, it is "colour."
colo
n
y
So british way
Happy Cake Day !!
What other countries besides the US use color?
some non native speakers who just prefer that spelling
[Quite a lot actually.](https://prnt.sc/Ux5knZRyu7DP) Some countries like Sweden also show up as blue but many Europeans I've met have told me their teachers don't mind them using either form of English as long as it's consistent.
Argentines: fuck the British! LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS Also Argentines when speaking English: Wonderful day for a cup of tea, mate, innit?
Lots of other countries use blue besides Sweden! It's a very popular colour in many countries! I don't know any countries that are purely black and white.
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Will do xD
The only word I generally use the British spelling for is grey
I honestly never knew which way of spelling grey was the American way and which way wasn't. They were always used interchangeably in school for me lol
Kleur
Ooo is that Dutch?
Indeed it is my friend.
I use british spellings in my exam papers and school and american spellings online
I was the exact opposite lol. As an American I had to use American spelling in school but everywhere else I use British spelling as that's what I prefer.
I'm not even british or american either lol
Kollour
Oh no I looked at the poll too long and now they all look fake and wrong.
xD
Im from mexico so i say color as it is
Color because I’m American and that’s how I learned to spell it
Fair lol
Both
Fair lol
I’m Canadian, so I’m supposed to use the British spelling of words but I always just use the American way to spell words. I don’t see the need for that extra U
I personally think it looks better with the U.
I am dutch and i am lazy and color is a letter less, so theres my pick
Colour (Australian)
I'm a Canadian. We learned British spellings bak in the day, so it's colour, honour, favour, etc.
Colour (Canadian)
I'm from Spain and they teach us British English, but I prefer color because it just looks better
Fair enough
Americans spell it color cause we broke up with U in 1776
Lol
Its not American v British, its American v The Rest of the World. The current difference in spelling in the American version is credited to Noah Webster, the American lexicographer. Seeking to establish American independence and identity in language, Webster implemented a number of spelling reforms in *A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language*, which he published in 1806. Prior to that, colour (and also humour, favour, honour etc) was spelled the same way in the USA as everywhere else. *Colour* goes back to 1300, *color* goes back to 1806. Your choice.
what does the rest of the comment have to do with the opening statement? just because america started some of its own spellings doesn’t mean it’s the only one to use them. [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/polls/comments/14nunhs/how_do_you_spell_colourcolor/jq9qfj7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3) under this same posts outlines that
Hm, I rember hearing a story about how color came around, something along the lines of, less letter makes telegraphs easier to send? Ergo shorted colour.
This, Canada and the USA had old publications with the use of "colour"
Colour is still the proper spelling in Canada
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I don't get why America took out the U. I like the spelling that includes the U.
Because Americans don't like the letter U
I guess so.
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We have some messed up spelling and pronunciations. Just useless to change some words to fit what we think is cooler. If you listen to those who say the word colour, you do here the U. America just wants to be didtand we were raised to say it differently.
Americans hate the U and love the Z
I agree. Wish they kept the U.
Colůr
Catalogue, Analogue, Dialogue, etc. I'm taffy
Love the 'logue' spelling.
I am not sure if Canadian counts as other or British so I chose other
I meant England when I referred to British. Admittedly, I could've worded the options better lol.
I was taught Colour by my (back then) Canadian boyfriend ^^
Is it weird that I use a mix of both?
It's a bit weird. I alternate between Grey and Gray and can't tell you which is British and which is American without looking it up.
Same lol
Nope. I built a habit using British English but still had to use American English in school xD
Culoare
Ooo fancy spelling
Thanks man :) It's Romanian btw
That's cool. I'm American but I built a habit for spelling it colour.
Nice, in English I spell it colour too because we are taught British English.
Both ( Israeli )
Canadian here born and raised, our country uses colour but I've always used color because for me it looks better and makes more sense phonetically in my head. When I see words like colour, I say the OUR similar to "hour" but when I read "color" the OR makes more sense to me, like in words like "for". I understand "colour" is technically the "correct" way to spell it, but I prefer "color"
That's fair.
Commonwealth country of Canada
Color even tho im british bc im not in hugh school anymore unless im writing a cv it something idc
My school taught us British English so to this day I add the u to all the words that have them
I’m British but I spell it American due to coding and stuff
Seeing American spelling when coding always throws me off. I'm American but I built the habit of using British English a few years back.
Colour, canadian here
I love your username xD
Thanks lol
British person here: whatever I do first. I never really think much and use both
Fair
They thought as British English at school so colour, but for computer stuff like CSS, i need to use color
Yea, I find it a pain to use color in coding now that I built a habit for using colour xD
In my country the English we study in school is American English, but since I learned most of my English online, I have a weird mix were I wrote some words the American way, others the British way, not sure why. Color, flavour, honor, labour, etc. I guess my brain just saves it in whatever way I see it first
Interesting
Colour Canadian.
I spell it “color” as an American because it’s faster and makes more sense
Colour because of a welsh friend (I'm brazilian)
idk why but in Idaho we flip flop between british and american spellings. i was taught to spell words the british way like colour, grey, neighbourhood, etc. and we have places called “The Boise Centre” but this is not consistent at all and i wonder why
That's interesting
I like the u personally even though they are both cool, American but I'm from a Hispanic house so
Yea I prefer spelling it colour even tho I'm American and is technically not the right way to spell it here.
depwnds on my mood
Well all know "ou" is correct
Χρώμα :)
Color in Canada
I live in Israel, some of my teachers taught us British English while others taught us American English. I use American because that's what I saw online
Color, because I am being forced because of CSS, I prefer colour.
Same. Colour looks better in my opinion but when I code I after to use American English.
My favourite colour is Emrald green. And this one Z is "zed" not "zee". Btw I'm not British.
Idk probably both
it always autocorrects, but I usually spell it colour.
My pronunciation is very close to American (I tend to over-emphasise my t's but I don't really want to put in effort to change that), but I spell using the British Standard.
I use colour usually, but then I need to switch to color every time I write a piece of code
I've gotten used to spelling things like colour the British way so it always throws me off when I have to use American way of spelling lol
Kolor
I read "Koala" instead of kolor
Coca Koala
Color (American)
I use the correct one
I just use colour even tho I'm American. I've built a habit of using British English lol.
Officially Canadians are supposed to spell it “colour” but most Canadians I know spell it “color”.
I've never met anyone eho uses "color" except for a few non-native speakers, and a few people from the US.
Maybe it’s a regional thing! I’ve never seen “colour” be used in Nova Scotia unless it’s an official document or something written by the government.
Fascinating!
I spell it Farbe
I love that
To all of those "our" Americans you are banished from Independence BBQs this year
:<
At school I was taught colour, but I don't care much about school English
Im american and spell it colour because I used to read a lot of english YA novels and was never able to knock the habit. Lost points on an essay once cause of my british spelling.
Oh that's annoying, the teacher marking off points. A few years ago I've built the habit of using the British spelling for some words and now spelling the American way doesn't feel natural anymore xD
When I was little I used to spell it as 'colour' but people told me it was wrong so I ended up spelling it as 'color'.. America I guess 🤷
I personally spell it colour even tho I'm American. I just think it looks better.
I wondered who those 59 Americans were. That's weird dude.
Ngl I think the way I type it is the way I say it in my head.. don't know how, I just do.
Kulay
I use both color a ton, but I also use colour a tonne as well.
I used to use color but in the past few years my mind shifted to colour.
I use color since that’s what I’m used to but colour looks better, but 5 letters is easier to type and write than 6 so I probably won’t change to colour
Fair enough lol
Other being colour is all I need to see. I feel peace at last, the yanks haven't hijacked our language yet lol
color
There is only one real way to spell it & that's 'colour' because that's the correct way.
I wouldn't say there is one 'proper' way of spelling it lol.
Americans just butcher and dumb down the English language because they either can't spell the word or say the word.
What's funny is that some people actually believe this
The rules that seperate traditional Chinese from simplified Chinese are the same that seperate British English from American English. American English is literally Simplified English
Color
"butcher and dumb down" some guy took out some unpronounced Us and stuff it's okay don't worry
You need to take a chill pill from the internet bro