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[SMIFFGIG]

this maybe straying OT
but it is "colour" ok!

[Gilgamensch]

The word colour is actually based on the French word Couleur.

But during the test of time it had been changed to colour. The Americans tried to simplify it again (dropping everywhere the ou against o ) and made color out of it, which as Martin mentioned, is going back to its root.

Martin it is spelled colour in the Oxford English dictionary. (which as everybody knows is the book with all the true English words in) . I really want a difference between American and the true English language.

I hope you also know how to pronounce it with the nice Oxford accent (by the way pronounce is also based on French/Latin )

[The Big Mc]

wrong part of the country

[MrBaggins]

Sure... why not?

I'd be up for this. I've written for my school paper (ok, that was years ago, but its like falling off a bike, right?) I edited a company newsletter too, FWIW.

[child of Thor]

nicely put back on track Mr.Baggins
And thanks for showing us the 'colour' of your money by volunteering - i'm too busy to take this one up (and a bad speller to boot!)

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by Gilgamensch
which as Martin mentioned, is going back to its root.

And you are sure that is the root, well I also found a version marked as unclassic or preclassic: colos note that the last o was a long o in comparision to the first one.

Originally posted by Gilgamensch
I hope you also know how to pronounce it with the nice Oxford accent (by the way pronounce is also based on French/Latin )

And you are sure it is bases on Latin pronunciation, how do you know how Mr. Caesar pronounced all the words he wrote into his "Commentarii de bello gallico", do you have an audio record? At least it is clear that all the letters where pronounced and that the additional u had its eligibility. And finally each letter hadn't an arbitrary meaning maybe some modification rhules like in front of letter A pronounce letter B like this and else like that. But actual that wasn't in the sense of the inventor, the intention was you write what you speak and not what you write what was spoken 1000 years ago. Unfortunatly all written language has the tendency to become something different over the ages than the spoken language. One way to deal with it is modifying the alphabet, actual it is done very easily, because the speakers don't recognise it. So over time a becomes u, u becomes yu and so on. The only problem is that not necessary all words do this sound shift, or you take words from other languages after the sound shift but don't change their spelling and vola you have inconsistencies.

Well I think I should stop now.

-Martin

[The Big Mc]

I second the motion for Martin to stop

[MrBaggins]

So have we decided if the news is going to be in English, Latin or Aramaic, yet?

[The Big Mc]

English not American

[MrBaggins]

Well thats ok... although I am bilingual

[HuangShang]

uh, maybe i'll the the only one to vote this way but American English is much better

[Locutus]

HuangShang,
Read your PMs (your confirmation is required).

[Locutus]

Gilgamensch and HuangShang have been appointed as news editors. More editors may be appointed in the future, depending on how things go. Thanks to everyone who offered themselves for this

I deliberately went for people who are not programmers, as I know many non-programmers are very eager to make themselves more useful for this project -- this is the chance for two of them to do so.

[Keygen]

Good thinking Loc
And it is good to have our news section now