Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:09:16 -0600
Hodgins Family <ehodgins@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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
Which one?
Andrei
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