On 08/03/2012 11:04, Regan Heath wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:21:00 -0000, Derek <ddparn...@bigpond.com> wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:38:08 +1100, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
British English may be the more "official" English, with American English as a
mere
variation ...
In one sense, American English is often a sort of abbreviated version in which
seemingly
superfluous letters are omitted. But in other cases, it more accurately reflects
pronunciation (colorize verses colourise).
Indeed. Sometimes the British spelling is more logical (judgement versus judgment).
Sometimes the American spelling is more logical (skeptical versus sceptical).
In Britain (where I live) there are people to pronounce the 'u' in colour, and
colourise.
The difference is subtle, and I've found many people simply cannot hear it.
<snip>
I'm finding it hard to figure how someone would pronounce the "o" and "u" in "colour"
separately.
But to me, it's just the same phoneme as found in most -er and -or words.
Stewart.
