Old 04-06-2011, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
Now this I feel is a tricky question. I know we spell our words different to my American friends, but tell me something, do you have an English Dictionary or an American Dictionary. For instance we spell colour like so while you spell color that way. Inquiring minds want to know
According to "Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language" College Edition © 1966 - "colour" is the British spelling of "color."

get this - color is definied as "the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths."
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