2014 RHP Prose Competition

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Suzi, pick a topic you care about intensely and then deliver the story with humour.
If you're laughing aloud while typing it, you've probably got a winner.

Ack, no American ever need spell 'humor' with the dreaded u.

They very well know what we're saying without it, Wikipedia be damned.

Thanks for the advice. 🙂

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
humour

Another one of your affectations, Bobby?

Originally posted by Suzianne
Ack, no American ever need spell 'humor' with the dreaded u.

They very well know what we're saying without it, Wikipedia be damned.

Thanks for the advice. 🙂

"Ack, no American ever need spell 'humor' with the dreaded u."

Just a little deference to RHP's UK Roots; just an attempt to add a little local colour; just to see if you read my suggestion.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Another one of your affectations, Bobby?

Appreciate your concern, Andy. You'll be pleased to know that they all cleared up a few days after using the new ointment.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Appreciate your concern, Andy. You'll be pleased to know that they all cleared up a few days after using the new ointment.

If only.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Appreciate your concern, Andy. You'll be pleased to know that they all cleared up a few days after using the new ointment.

We ought to ship it by the truckload to Britain, then.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Ack, no American ever need spell 'humor' with the dreaded u."

Just a little deference to RHP's UK Roots; just an attempt to add a little local colour; just to see if you read my suggestion.

What's "colour"?

I thought we fought a war trying to get away from these people once. No, twice, sorry.

Originally posted by Suzianne
What's "colour"?

I thought we fought a war trying to get away from these people once. No, twice, sorry.

Ya, 50-50 right? Win some, lose some.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Ya, 50-50 right? Win some, lose some.

Well, no, the facts are we kicked them out twice out of twice, that's 100%, not 50-50. They still haven't gotten over it because they still try to tell us how to spell and how to speak just because the language is named after them. Our improvements, though, are just that, improvements that their vanity keeps them from acknowledging.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Well, no, the facts are we kicked them out twice out of twice, that's 100%, not 50-50. They still haven't gotten over it because they still try to tell us how to spell and how to speak just because the language is named after them. Our improvements, though, are just that, improvements that their vanity keeps them from acknowledging.

Right, it was us you folks had "trouble" with.

Originally posted by Suzianne
What's "colour"?

I thought we fought a war trying to get away from these people once. No, twice, sorry.

"How come 'ou' was reduced to 'o' in the US?"

"The pronunciation is the same, so you can't really say that some "say" this while others "say" that. It's strictly a spelling difference. These are among the reforms introduced by Noah Webster in his dictionary, with a view towards (a) simplifying the spelling, and (b) creating a distinct American English. (The root forms of many of these words indeed lack the u - for example, Latin color, Italian favorito - so that may have been another motivation of his as well.) So these forms prevailed in the United States, while in the rest of the English-speaking world they kept the original spellings."

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9850/how-come-ou-was-reduced-to-o-in-the-us

"I thought we fought a war trying to get away from these people once. No, twice, sorry." (Suzi)

Our forbearers fought a king's oppression, not the people; we now fight our UK Friends in chess games. -Grampy Roubert

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Ya, 50-50 right? Win some, lose some.

-ou- and -o-

British..... American

arbour..... arbor
ardour..... ardor
armour..... armor
behaviour..... behavior
candour..... candor
clamour..... clamor
colour..... color
demeanour..... demeanor
enamour..... enamor
endeavor..... endeavor
favour..... favor
fervor..... fervor
flavour..... flavor
glamour..... glamour or glamor
harbor..... harbor
honour..... honor
humour..... humor
labour..... labor
mould..... mold or mould
neighbor..... neighbor
odour..... odor
parlour..... parlor
rancor..... rancor
rigour..... rigor
rumour..... rumor
savior..... savior or saviour
savour..... savor
smoulder..... smolder or smoulder
splendor..... splendor
succor..... succor
tumour..... tumor
valour..... valor
vapour..... vapor
vigour..... vigor

http://www.englishforresearch.com/writing_help/british_american.htm

Stees, would I be close in imagining that you write (and speak, pronounce) about 50% of these British spellings?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]-ou- and -o-

British..... American

arbour..... arbor
ardour..... ardor
armour..... armor
behaviour..... behavior
candour..... candor
clamour..... clamor
colour..... color
demeanour..... demeanor
enamour..... enamor
endeavor..... endeavor
favour..... favor
fervor..... fervor
flavour..... flavor
glamour..... glamour ...[text shortened]... e close in imagining that you write (and speak, pronounce) about 50% of these British spellings?[/b]

More like 90-10 and the 10 being when I do crosswords that originate in the US.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
More like 90-10 and the 10 being when I do crosswords that originate in the US.

90% British (except online)?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
If only.

Inaffectation or "Infection: The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that are not normally present within the body. An infection may cause no symptoms and be subclinical, or it may cause symptoms and be clinically apparent. An infection may remain localized, or it may spread through the blood or lymphatic vessels to become systemic (bodywide). Microorganisms that live naturally in the body are not considered infections. For example, bacteria that normally live within the mouth and intestine are not infections."

All cleared up now, Andy, thanks to an Efficacious Ointment Rx and Warm Hugs from Nurse Ratched.