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Rone Rivendale wrote:americans don't use the extra 'u' in words like color. Canadians however do.
I believe thats exactly what he was asking
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Yeah, 'colour' definitely has a 'u' in it. As does 'humour'. And we (mostly) use 'ise' instead of 'ize'.

Also, the whole metric system, etc. Yep. Us canucks are civilised.
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But what about the whole "er"/"re" thing? I mean, "centre"? Am I supposed to pronounce that "sentry"? They've maliciously hooked me on phonics!
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centre is french and canuck is slang for the franglais our friends from the great white north like to speak.

both my grannies were canucks. nova scotia and quebec.
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Plat wrote:But what about the whole "er"/"re" thing? I mean, "centre"? Am I supposed to pronounce that "sentry"? They've maliciously hooked me on phonics!
But but but...

'center' and 'centre' are two completely different words!

'center' is the middle of something, and 'centre' is a building.
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Plat wrote:But what about the whole "er"/"re" thing? I mean, "centre"? Am I supposed to pronounce that "sentry"? They've maliciously hooked me on phonics!
Is that like 'Hooked on Classics'?

I assume the Canadians, with their ker-azzy links to the Commonwealth, are following the British model - colour, humour, centre, etc, whereas the Americans have made the sensible step of spelling this words phonetically. While I love the fact that centre and theatre are spelt centre and theatre, i cannot deny that center and theater make them easier to pronounce.

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Erik doesn't have a "c" in it.
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Eric does.
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j$ wrote: Americans have made the sensible step of spelling this words phonetically.
Yes, much as I hate to admit it - I agree. The way we cling to illogical spelling it a bit silly. (though the Seppos still have absolutely no excuse for not adopting the metric system)
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j$ wrote:Americans have made the sensible step of spelling this words phonetically
There's a famous Twain quote that I'm just too lazy to google up but you probably already know anyway, so I'll just refer to it obliquely like this then go back to playing guild wars. Yeah.
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Caravan Ray wrote:
j$ wrote: Americans have made the sensible step of spelling this words phonetically.
Yes, much as I hate to admit it - I agree. The way we cling to illogical spelling it a bit silly.
you should check out Gaelic or Welsh.

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obscurity wrote:go back to playing guild wars. Yeah.
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