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Ayselipera March 23rd, 2010 6:36 PM

Favorite or Favourite?
 
So how do you spell favorite? Do you leave out the 'u' making it American English or do you add the 'u' in causing it to become British English?

I always spell it as, 'favorite'. I actually thought for a while that spelling it as 'favourite' was the wrong spelling. Which is what sort of made me think of asking this question.

Zebeedoo March 23rd, 2010 6:41 PM

I spell it "favourite" 'cause I'm British. =P

reyzn March 23rd, 2010 7:01 PM

I always spell it as "favourite", for no apparent reason. I also like to use "colour" instead of "color".
/random.

TrinityLimit March 23rd, 2010 7:01 PM

i'm american, so i spell it as "favorite" i've never actually seen it spelled like that before..

Bichu March 23rd, 2010 7:14 PM

Favorite cause I'm American. :0 Color/Colour LOL

Taemin March 23rd, 2010 7:28 PM

Thanks to me growing up in America, I say 'favorite', and 'color'.

Even though I've always thought that the other versions looked better somehow.

Tree_x March 23rd, 2010 7:33 PM

Favorite did not even know there were other spellings ah haha....i can be quiet naive to the rest of the world being a American in California :O

Esper March 23rd, 2010 7:47 PM

I use the American spellings for all my words except grey and theatre. I don't know why those words are different, but I've always written them that way.

luf100 March 23rd, 2010 8:04 PM

Well I am Canadian, so I add the 'u' in favourite, colour, honour, etc. That's actually the proper way to spell it here. According to my English teacher (xD) if you go to university and spell it without the 'u' here, they'll mark it as a spelling mistake.

Timbjerr March 23rd, 2010 8:52 PM

Being an American and having been taught the lexicon of noah Webster in grade school, I spell it "favorite". I also use "color", "honor", "flavor", "theater", "center", and "liter"

donavannj March 23rd, 2010 9:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbjerr (Post 5648436)
Being an American and having been taught the lexicon of noah Webster in grade school, I spell it "favorite". I also use "color", "honor", "flavor", "theater", "center", and "liter"

Don't forget "license", "recognize", "dialog", and "defense".

I'm American, so I use the American English form.

Nick March 23rd, 2010 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbjerr (Post 5648436)
Being an American and having been taught the lexicon of noah Webster in grade school, I spell it "favorite". I also use "color", "honor", "flavor", "theater", "center", and "liter"

I'm an American, so I think it becomes rather obvious that I, in the majority of the case, spell specific words that have multiple, yet similar spelling formats to what is standard to America. I would like to state that there are two words that were listed by Timbjerr that I spell differently than traditional American English. They are theatre and centre simply because they seem to look more artistic like that. As for the others, adding an extra u somewhere in the word seems rather pointless and really makes me pronounce each of the words differently in one way or another.

Kikaito plush March 24th, 2010 1:10 AM

Well since curtis and I spell it the american way everytime..

Signomi March 24th, 2010 1:17 AM

Favourite, with a u.

I am British, so it's only natural that I use the British spelling for words like favourite, colour, neighbour, etc.

Ninja Caterpie March 24th, 2010 2:01 AM

Favourite, labour, harbour, honour, etc.

Australia, yo.

The funny part is only America (well, close enough) denies the U.

I Laugh at your Misfortune! March 24th, 2010 2:42 AM

I'm english so I use the correct British spellings.

Funnily enough, this came last night in a gmail chat when Igot told off for not spelling "realise" with a "z"

BHwolfgang March 24th, 2010 3:04 AM

Thanks to living in the United States for over ten years, I would spell "favorite" instead of "favourite." I wonder what it'll be like to one day add a "u" into all those words....

ShadowSalamence March 24th, 2010 3:16 AM

I spell it ''favorite''. It looks better, in my opinion.

Rokusasu March 24th, 2010 5:39 AM

I am British, therefore I crave extra vowels in things. 8D Like alphabetti spaghetti!

Legobricks March 24th, 2010 8:28 AM

English comes from England, so the English spellings always take precedence.

Chequer, liquorice; people tend to forget those. Let's not forget many whole words are different too, pants here are men's briefs so you all look like idiots when you say it.

Melody March 24th, 2010 11:35 AM

American English.

I always use the American spellings, merely because I am American. Now if I were in England, I might use their way of spelling it. To me it makes no difference, my mind never recognizes the difference at all, between American English and it's counterpart from over 'the pond' ;3

Except in the case of words having a different meaning which I know of. >_>

To be honest, I think American English is far better simply because it is simplified a bit. I've never been a fan of unnecessary things, and the 'u' in some words is at the TOP OF THE LIST!

(Sorry, that's just how I feel)

Conan Edogawa March 24th, 2010 11:39 AM

I don't use the U when spelling words like favorite, color, honor, etc. It's the way I learned it and I think it looks better without the U.

Legobricks March 24th, 2010 1:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pachy (Post 5649627)
I've never been a fan of unnecessary things, and the 'u' in some words is at the TOP OF THE LIST!

Once upon a time and by some people in the present the U in such a word was noticeably pronounced, which is how the word is 'meant' to be said, but since the rise of America and thus explicit individualism the concept of a specific correct way to go about such things has dwindled.

Honest March 24th, 2010 1:34 PM

Favorite is my favorite way to say favorite. : P

xD, the U seem... don't wanna offend anyone, but seems weird. xD

Jolene March 24th, 2010 2:40 PM

I have lived in England and America and so sometimes I get confused about the correct spellings for words. I write "favorite" now but I probably slip up sometimes.


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