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The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:48:10 Reply

I can only read it as Col-URRR, I feel like I cannot even look at the person in the eye if they spell color in such fashion, if I ever do see them.

Are there any words out there that annoys you so? Newgrounds user base?


You know what would be really neat? These things actually being noticeable.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:49:07 Reply

Because no one can be british anymore.

You sure complain a lot.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:49:18 Reply

Centre

I'm an AMERICAN, we spell and pronounce that shit CENTER. Not CENTRUH


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:49:27 Reply

Strangely, I agree. The first time I heard this, I said to my mom, Canadians are queer.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:49:44 Reply

Don't move to England.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:49:46 Reply

I'm American and I catch myself using both forms.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:50:07 Reply

This isn't a huge problem in America...


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:50:59 Reply

zugzwang and xysti. who would even use those words in a sentence?


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:51:18 Reply

Then stick to the US version then.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:51:32 Reply

Feel the colour flow through you!

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:52:05 Reply

Aluminium

The hell is wrong with you AMERICANS and pronouncing it aLOOminum?


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:52:14 Reply

Every time I see it, I read it as CUL-ore. Really annoying. And I agree with STEM, "centre" is stupid.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:52:52 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:51 PM, citricsquid wrote: HI I AM AN AMERICAN, I WILL STEAL THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM THE ENGLISH THEN DROP THE Us BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LESS COMPLICATED BECAUSE I'M AMERICAN AND STUPID LOL

What's that thing we made

Oh right, human rights. Have fun in England with no guns, no right to defend yourself even inside your own home, etc.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:52:57 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, STEM wrote: Aluminium

The hell is wrong with you AMERICANS and pronouncing it aLOOminum?

how the hell are we supposed to pronounce it then?


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:55:34 Reply

<follows crowd with obvious troll statement>


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:56:10 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:
At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, STEM wrote: Aluminium

The hell is wrong with you AMERICANS and pronouncing it aLOOminum?
how the hell are we supposed to pronounce it then?

exactly how it's spelled, with the i that Americans make silent

AL-loo-MINI-um


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:56:32 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:51 PM, citricsquid wrote: HI I AM AN AMERICAN, I WILL STEAL THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM THE ENGLISH THEN DROP THE Us BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LESS COMPLICATED BECAUSE I'M AMERICAN AND STUPID LOL

Well, being your descendants we really wouldn't speak anything else. And just because a word has more senseless letters, doesn't necessarily make you smaaerter (<== ultra smaaert word.)

The English language is stupid as hell anyways, it's a wonder how it became the common tongue.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:56:35 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, Chymeraxe wrote: Oh right, human rights. Have fun in England with no guns, no right to defend yourself even inside your own home, etc.

Don't forget big brother.


You know what would be really neat? These things actually being noticeable.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:56:54 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, TheSporkLord wrote:
At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, STEM wrote: Aluminium

The hell is wrong with you AMERICANS and pronouncing it aLOOminum?
how the hell are we supposed to pronounce it then?

al-oo-min-ee-um

hopefully you'll get it right from that lol

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:58:09 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:57 PM, citricsquid wrote:
At 10/26/09 09:56 PM, PBass wrote: The English language is stupid as hell anyways, it's a wonder how it became the common tongue.
French is awesome. Why can't we all be french? It's like, sex!

It's like wiping your ass with silk.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 21:58:19 Reply

'Color' is a bastardised form of 'colour' you realise...


Some people feel content to pour syrup on shit and call it pancakes their whole lives.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:01:02 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:56 PM, Frank-The-Hedgehog wrote:
At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, Chymeraxe wrote: Oh right, human rights. Have fun in England with no guns, no right to defend yourself even inside your own home, etc.
Don't forget big brother.

I was actually going to see if someone would post a response in counter to my statement, then post a picture of a camera saying something along the lines of "Scooch on closer to the cameras honey we need a closeup of the color on your face."

Because it would have been so funny lolo


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:01:12 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, STEM wrote: The hell is wrong with you AMERICANS and pronouncing it aLOOminum?

It's easier that way

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:01:14 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:58 PM, BrockManson wrote: 'Color' is a bastardised form of 'colour' you realise...

And english is a bastardised form of latin along with many languages with improved grammar rules, your point?


You know what would be really neat? These things actually being noticeable.

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:03:54 Reply

Sadly, The Colour and The Shape is a good album.

AND IT HAS THAT FUCKING U.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:04:42 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:54 PM, citricsquid wrote: I assume you're joking, because otherwise you're an idiot. I'd love you give me any examples where I, as a citizen of England, have needed a gun to protect myself.

Didn't England come pretty close to being destroyed in WWII?


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:05:51 Reply

Man, I can't even cont the number of hors I've spend poundering the annoying eccentricities of the english language.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:06:31 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:50 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: zugzwang and xysti. who would even use those words in a sentence?

Chess players and architects?

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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:08:42 Reply

At 10/26/09 09:54 PM, citricsquid wrote:
At 10/26/09 09:52 PM, Chymeraxe wrote: Oh right, human rights. Have fun in England with no guns, no right to defend yourself even inside your own home, etc.
I assume you're joking, because otherwise you're an idiot. I'd love you give me any examples where I, as a citizen of England, have needed a gun to protect myself.

Oh, they actually let you download Counterstrike?

That's a big step forward coming from the country that bans most people under 18 from buying silverware.


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Response to The spelling "colour" annoys me. 2009-10-26 22:09:41 Reply

Theatre. Here in America it's theater. Not Thea-tray!