# Ye' ever read people who add extra o's and u's to words? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977 "2013-03-15T03:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesQueue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/1 "2013-03-15T03:03:28Z")
For example, donuts become doughnoughts (or doughnaughts) and humorous becomes: huomourous. LOL. A jolly good laugh had by all! ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/2 "2013-03-15T03:13:47Z")
Hmm, I will come back to this once I’m done standing in this queueue. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/3 "2013-03-15T03:14:37Z")
You mean non-American English speakers? All them furriners are so weird, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/4 "2013-03-15T04:35:48Z")
They should be beaten with aluminum bats. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/5 "2013-03-15T04:37:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > You mean non-American English speakers? Not really. Some people might use doughnut or humourous but nobody uses doughnoughts or huomourous. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/6 "2013-03-15T06:31:11Z")
I seem to remember a famous politician who added an extra E to a word. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/7 "2013-03-15T06:44:52Z")
I find the OP’s ignourance kinda distourbing. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/8 "2013-03-15T07:51:21Z")
> [@JamesQueue](#): > > For example, donuts become doughnoughts (or doughnaughts) and humorous becomes: huomourous. > > LOL. A jolly good laugh had by all! English, bitch. The clue’s in the name - the way we spell it is the right way. Extra "u"s and everything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/9 "2013-03-15T09:04:17Z")
I was going to post a whole bunch of words with extra u’s and o’s in them, bt I rn t f them befre I had a chance! ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/10 "2013-03-15T10:53:23Z")
You offend my honour, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/11 "2013-03-15T10:58:53Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > English, bitch. The clue’s in the name - the way we spell it is the right way. Extra "u"s and everything. 😉 And that’s why you lost the Empire: too much time wasted writing all those extra vowels. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/12 "2013-03-16T02:50:54Z")
I’m an American working for a Canadian company. My co-workers insist there is a u in color, and that the last letter of the alphabet is “Zed.” So…yeah. I know people like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/13 "2013-03-16T03:03:57Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I’m an American working for a Canadian company. My co-workers insist there is a u in color, and that the last letter of the alphabet is “Zed.” > > So..yeah. I know people like that. Do they just give you a blank look if you tell a “Kneel before Zed!” joke? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/14 "2013-03-16T04:01:56Z")
> [@JamesQueue](#): > > For example, donuts become doughnoughts (or doughnaughts) and humorous becomes: huomourous. > > LOL. A jolly good laugh had by all! Can’t say that I have. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/15 "2013-03-16T04:30:06Z")
I am almst always taking precatins nt t se thse letters. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/16 "2013-03-16T07:54:23Z")
I’ve seen extra 'a’s after 'o’s. ‘Post’ becomes ‘poast’ and ‘wolf’ becomes ‘woalf’. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/17 "2013-03-16T11:44:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And that’s why you lost the Empire: too much time wasted writing all those extra vowels. I think the English stole their vowels from the Welsh, which is why they have so few. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/18 "2013-03-16T12:44:34Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > You mean non-American English speakers? > > All them furriners are so weird, huh? Hey, just because someone speaks English as a foreign language, doesn’t automatically mean they shoe horses for a living. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/19 "2013-03-17T00:05:51Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I think the English stole their vowels from the Welsh, which is why they have so few. In the East Block countries, vowels were seen as a bourgeois luxury, so they had very few to work with… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977/20 "2013-03-17T00:50:04Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > English, bitch. The clue’s in the name - the way we spell it is the right way. Extra "u"s and everything. 😉 Yeah, but when we finally do use your words, [like](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_association_football) [soccer](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=soccer), you get all huffy and claim that you’re not using _that one_ anymore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ye-ever-read-people-who-add-extra-os-and-us-to-words/652977.md?page=2)