I was born in the States, went to school here and learned American English in class but for some reason I always write and type 'colour' and 'behaviour'. How did British spelling get in there? (O.o)7 ??
I don't know. Was it reading Harry Potter in 5th grade? Was that it? An impressionable age to be sure, but why? I must investigate...
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My mother was born in Hong Kong. The English held Hong Kong for years, right? This influence trickled into her mind and was passed on to me. She speaks English with a slight British accent sometimes. The extra vowel lay dormant for years until I came upon this children's book series, written by a British author, and BAM! Colors became COLOURS! Yes...that must be how it happened...
Theories?
And with that I am back on track. A triple post day! I realized I actually missed a Friday AND a Saturday post so this should make everything hunky-dory. Yes, indeedy.
Great stuff
ReplyDeletehaha i loved harry potter
ReplyDeleteI must say, I prefer british english. Maybe your colors turned into colours 'cause that way is just nicer :D
ReplyDeleteHaha, maybe. I watched a video a few days ago on how Webster tried to "dumb down" American laguage. The main ones that stuck were the removal of u's.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeletebtw like your blog
British accents ftw :D
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. But the ladies must love it if you can break out the English accent.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the States and in Canada so I go back and forth with the "u" thing. Sometimes I use is and sometimes I don't.
ReplyDeleteDid you watch any BBC TV?
ReplyDelete@AllenTesch: I never thought of doing that...hmmm (O___O)
ReplyDelete@BigMike: I did! David Attenborough's voice enhances any documentary but I don't think that did it.