Why do the septics mispell English words? i.e flavour & colour they drop the 'U' ?

Question

Surely if it is English & they speak English they should'nt change it

Answer 1

it makes the words shorter and easier to spell  

Answer 2

we don't we spell those words as they are supposed to be spelt  

Answer 3

Sceptics,Not septics,

Answer 4

what are septics?  

Answer 5

i dunno about the whole colour vs color thing, but how are you gonna complain about grammar/spelling when you're adding in unnecessary apostrophes?

Answer 6

I am with you!!

If we claim to speak and write ENGLISH

then we should stick to the proper and original spelling !!

Answer 7

The little loves ( sorry the fattest nation on earth ) have to save their energy so drop letters from their words to ensure they can order a pizza sooner as opposed to later

Answer 8

what are septics?

and do you mean "misspell" ?

language evolves, it always has done and it always will.

for the record though, if you are talking about american english (i suspect you are). they have their own dictionaries and their own literature and it is referred to as "american english" so it IS a different language.

edit.... gookie i am british - i always spell 'colour' with a U!

Answer 9

Sounds more French to me.  Color and Flavor sounds nice and English.

Answer 10

Each to their own.

Good Luck.X :-)

Answer 11

they went through a program of changing the words to make them easier to learn back in the early 1900's. The tried to make it more phonetic because their population were too thick to learn it properly.

Answer 12

After WINNING over the english to earn our independence we can do anything we want with the language.  Pray we do not invade you and alter your culture further

Answer 13

I dunno what septics are but probably cos theyre lazy

Answer 14

Dropping the letter 'H' from herbs, really gets on my nerves...also, dropping the letter 'S' from maths...

It consists of more than one digit people!

Answer 15

Cockney rhyming slang

septic = Septic tank =yank = American

Gookie, you are coming across a bit Listerine! Lol ;-)

I don't really care much about how the Americans have altered the language because I work at a university and see too many native English speakers massacring the language (in both written and verbal form) to worry about what the rest of the world is doing too.

Answer 16

I don't get it, your dictionary shows those terms with a U?  

Answer 17

ha ha you are one to talk about other people's spelling!!!!