Originally Posted by
Phrank
There are some arcane reasons for the different spelling used by American's, primarily our friend Daniel Webster, of Webster's dictionary. There are some legitimate reasons for the alternative spellings, as there are political reasons, but the meaning(s) should not be different:
"Before 1828, many words, such as humor (or humour), defense (or defence) and fiber (or fibre), had two acceptable spellings on both sides of the pond, because they were introduced in England via both Latin and French, which used different spellings. Webster picked his preferred forms (the former ones in each example above), justifying his choices in various ways, but partly on nationalist grounds: he wanted American spelling to be distinct from, and (in his opinion) superior to, British spelling."
That's why when I spell, "colour" correctly, it lights up as misspelled on SRP......:rofl2: