why do canadians spell certain words with a U but americans don't
@thenaturaldiva27 (178)
United States
4 responses
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
10 Nov 09
Canadians held onto their British affiliations much longer than the Americans. The u addition is the original English spelling. Due to the cultural imperialism of the United States, American spellings have inflitrated the English language. I guess we parted ways in politics as well as spelling.
@jebbbbzzzdebebz (210)
• United States
19 Aug 09
but the reason it's officially spelled with a "u" is because Canada still (at least somewhat) falls under Great Britain, and the "u" in the spelling comes from British English. Canada uses the metric system for the same reason.
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
16 Aug 09
Because that is how it is spelled in Canada. To spell colour, color, is just being lazy.
I think it is because of the strong French origins in our dialect.
Cheers.
@TheGypsyDad (391)
• Canada
17 Aug 09
That is because when an american goes "on about", they go for a walk or a talk...when a canadian goes "on about", their going canoeing.
