• macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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?

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      3 days ago

      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”?