Why Do Americans Spell Color Differently? | #shorts

Here's a one-minute primer on why Americans spell colour (British English) without a 'u'.

[exstasis]

As an American, I absolutely love the passive aggressive tone in all of these videos.

[lindsey.]

he has mastered the tone of sounding like he doesn’t care while being genuinely interested in a topic

[taylorlibby]

It's a result of the little known but devastating vowel shortage of 1895. American children went door to door collecting unused vowels from American words and generously donating them abroad.

[grovermartin]

Hahaha! Yes, "the book languished from a lackluster plot" indeed! You have such a rollicking wry wit, Laurence! Thanks so much!

[vrhjisq]

These videos having been making me feel better about being an American.

[allanrichardson]

Noah Webster’s pet name for his wife was “my little aardvark.” When she asked him why, he replied, “Because you come first in my book!”

[nolongeramused]

I had assumed it was because the Brits were just a bit too French for their own good.

[Ineedanameplease]

It’s funny because I feel like most people try to make jokes about American English just has to be different, but through a lot of your videos we just stuck with the original English spelling, and now the original Latin spelling 😄

[timothybaker]

Noah Webster’s famous saying: “Sex before marriage, not in my book!”

[Stevie_B_]

I'm 51, lived my whole life in eastern Pennsylvania, well educated for the most part, BUT I feel as though I've learned more about my own country watching your clips versus public education. And, you make it fun and interesting to learn as well. Forgive me if thats not grammatically correct phrasing, I was a terrible English class student. LOL 🤷🏼‍♂️🤪😁

[TiggerIsMyCat]

I saw a meme about this that was both funny and surprisingly kinda accurate! England: "What are you doing with the spelling!?" Webster: "Getting rid of U!" Surprisingly accurate for the politics of it all

[bendynamic]

As an American I really appreciate you you show the history and logic behind why America compared to other English speaking Nations right and or say things differently and it's really interesting and shows how much different a language ends up being when you're on another continent from each other.

[jcortese]

He liberated us from the British spelling of "gaol." We owe him so much.

[mysticone]

Noah Webster: "spelling should resemble how they're pronounced."

French:" and I took that personally."

[Channel-s]

Damn Sticking to the original word by accident and staying functional too and practical seems to be the trend of sticking to the true word or pronunciation

[theplaylab]

(As an American these are all great videos keep it up!!!)

[carolduvall]

Wow I actually learned a lot in that 1 minute short thanks...your show is fun and a delight

[seganaleqa]

As a Canadian it’s like a roller coaster ride watching these videos. Sometimes I’m on the American side, and other times like with colour, I’m on the British side. 😅

[johnc]

I wish a lot more words would be spelled how they sound.

I'm learning Spanish and I definitely find it refreshing how much more of Spanish is spelled as it sounds.

[ComDenox]

Gotta love the fact that the guy tried to standardize english. It really does need that.