Also, why do textboxes in my Browser tell me that "colour" is spelt wrong? The war of independence from England was over a century ago and I think it's time Americans get back to spelling English words like "colour" and "centre" the right way! ;)
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Also, why do textboxes in my Browser tell me that "colour" is spelt wrong? The war of independence from England was over a century ago and I think it's time Americans get back to spelling English words like "colour" and "centre" the right way! ;)
You can always use greasemonkey, both for syntax highlighting and changing colour (backwards thinking people) to color (factual way to spell).
Every time I see "colour" spelt "color" I want to drive nails into my skull. You Americans are butchering the Queen's English :eek: ;)
So, you don't like efficiency in your words?
How do you prefer your gray?
Well I grew and live up in former English colony and although we have our own dialect of broken English, our standard English is the only true English.......the Queen's English. "Grey", "colour" and "centre"....that's how we roll....;)
Of course. But correctness matters more. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
That's funny, I, too, grew up and live in a former English colony....though I suppose that the place I'm now living wasn't part of the colony, at the time. I was born, and grew up, in land that was part of the former English colony. We, too, have our own dialect of broken English. In fact, we have several of them, since American English has loads of other dialects within it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
Our standard English is widespread and pushy, but it isn't currently in all ways the Queen's English.
Personally I use the word "couleur" instead of color or colour ;):D
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Serves me right for reading posts in the Post Race! and clicking a link to the urban definition of a word that definitely won't be used for a team name.
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I wonder what was in the mind of the founders of these cities
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My grandfather was born in Waterproof, LA. Before the levee system, Waterproof was a town that (almost) never flooded. So they named it as such with tongue in cheek.
From what I gather, Waterproof has basically dwindled down to just a couple hundred residents. The only thing they really have there now are speed traps.
Some are probably named a long time back, and the meanings have subsequently changed.
Big Bottom: Probably refers to a wide open flood plain along a river.
Bald Head: A bald would be a promontory without trees, so it's probably a coastal headland with a prominent rocky knob on it.
Big Sag: Could also be the same source as what I suggested for Big Bottom.
Mormon Bar: LOTS of places out west, along rivers, are named after what amounts to sand bars along the river. <whatever> Bar is a name found all over western states for this reason. What name was given to the bar often has to do with who homesteaded first, or who died there, or what died there, or some historic event that happened there.
Moodus here in CT is named after a Sachem tribe - and is famous for the mysterious Moodus Noises!
They aren't mysterious. It's just that nobody is fessing up!!!
The reason for the Santa Clause in Indiana is this: Town names in that state are all both borrowed and unimaginative.