December 30th, 2009, 04:47 PM
|
#114
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 245
Thanks: 930
Thanked 9,642 Times in 241 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oswald
Americans spell words in a different fashion to us in the UK. They don't include the letter 'u' in words such as 'colour', 'favour', 'honour' etc. They swap around the 'r' and 'e' in words such as 'centre', 'fibre', 'metre' etc. They use an 'i' where we use a 'y' - in 'tyre' for example and completely miss out letters in a word such as 'axe'.
|
The Pilgrim Fathers forgot to pack a dictionary. Now it's too late  |
|
|