Since the English language began in the UK before any English speaking settlers ever set foot on the American continent, I wonder why there are still Americans that say that the British added the letter u to humor or color instead of the Americans taking the u away.
Because it should never have been there. Colonial Americans, being British expatriates, were tired of England. Tired of Nobility, tired of the convoluted language, tired of laws limiting firearms, tired non-sense table manners, tired of taxes, and extremely pissed-off that they couldn't say whatever popped into their head.
So they fixed everything. The new nobility were common assholes like IINers, language got simpler and more descriptive, everyone could own a closet of assault rifles to protect against mass shootings, taxes dropped, and impulsive speech flourished.
Same thing happened in Australia to a lesser extent. Plum pudding with custard at a Christmas barbie next to the swimming pool was the best way to tell Scrooge to go get fucked.
Why do British desserts have non straight forward names?
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Many British things are like that, they are known to gave a wry or ironic sense of humor.
Or humour.
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Since the English language began in the UK before any English speaking settlers ever set foot on the American continent, I wonder why there are still Americans that say that the British added the letter u to humor or color instead of the Americans taking the u away.
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Because it should never have been there. Colonial Americans, being British expatriates, were tired of England. Tired of Nobility, tired of the convoluted language, tired of laws limiting firearms, tired non-sense table manners, tired of taxes, and extremely pissed-off that they couldn't say whatever popped into their head.
So they fixed everything. The new nobility were common assholes like IINers, language got simpler and more descriptive, everyone could own a closet of assault rifles to protect against mass shootings, taxes dropped, and impulsive speech flourished.
Same thing happened in Australia to a lesser extent. Plum pudding with custard at a Christmas barbie next to the swimming pool was the best way to tell Scrooge to go get fucked.