What is the origin of the letter u being dropped from such words like color, harbor, humor and others? Is it simply one country not wanting to be like another country? A way of pinching pennies when it comes to ink? Economy in handwriting? Perhaps the letter u was rare in moveable type and it was dropped altogether?
Perhaps because we don’t use the Queens english?
There’s some discussion on this very subject here.
Spellcheck your title. ‘Extraneous’ is the korrekt speeling.
No, no, it’s “extraneos”.
Because the u after the o is superfluos.
Heleeim is a sewperflewid.
Sewp or salid?
(I’m having too much fun. :D)
… and he has the ball … he shoots … he scoures.
You mean the Queen’s English? I guess possessives aren’t a part of “non-Queen’s” English.
Well, the English have spent this last century losing their possessions, so maybe it isn’t as relevent as it used to be.
What’s the name of Extraneous U’s football team?
The Extraneous U’s
another interesting potential band name
I think the Queen spells it relevant.