Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote:
>Peter Hugosson-Miller writes:
>> While we're on the subject of unusual spelling variants, can someone
>> explain why, in American English, "moron" is spelt "bush"
>
>It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is
> just slang.
Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the
rest of the 4 letter words carry. Worse, they're actually proud of
being one!
>--
>John Hasler
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