Lordy, that was a disturbing but entirely accurate concern.
best behavior right about now …
… towards the rest of the world to make trade deals and build a wall to keep the muricans out
:( I mean I can’t blame you, but I really want out of here.
To be clear, OP knows there’s no “u” in the word in American English and the title is intended as a joke, right?
Webster “Americanising” English in the early 20th century was surprisingly recent. I get caught out quite often writing code at work by accidentally using the British spellings I’m used to instead of American English (which is the de facto language of code regardless of how I feel about it).
I’ve heard that the “u” drop (along with the “l” drop) was a result of telegrams (kinda like you -> u in early texting/Twitter days to save on characters). Regardless it happened before any of our lifetimes so it’s pretty much standardized at this point. I can definitely see where it would be frustrating in the coding world, but it’s not like that can be reasonably regionalized so it’s a situation we’re just stuck with.
Didn’t know that about telegrams.
I think I sounded grumpier there than I meant to. It’s a relatively small adjustment!
Oooh no, the big bad fat man got emotional again because he didn’t get his way. What a cry baby.
Fuck you Michael!
Is that best enough?
No, it is spelled correctly. It is not behav iour. Why are you putting a letter in there and then not pouncing it? Harbor, not har our. Color, not col our. You do know how to prounce ‘our’ don’t you?
You’re making fun of spelling while misspelling a word? You’re a dork.
Don’t you get tired of making this joke?
pouncing
prounce
Your fourth source, of course. Four more examples; and I guess that’s a fifth.
But riddle me this: why do Appalachians add a U to ‘second’ and write “60 secounds to the hour”?
