Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

[Hodgins Family <ehodgins@telusplanet.net>]

So, why do people in Greece put a γ in colour?


On Sat, 2006-15-04 at 11:45 -0400, Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> Not to drift too far from all this fascinating political speculation
> but it looks like we have Noah Webster to thank for the American
> spelling of the word color.
<snip>
> "French (or indirectly, Greek) – color, Gk. διαλογος → Fr. couleur,
> dialogue → British English colour, dialogue."

Happy Easter to those who follow it.

Rob