Words descriptive of the colour of the sea

dharma66 commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

where are you from? I love that you spell colour the British way!!

October 17, 2008

yarb commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

From England, and I agree, "-our" is superior to "-or"!

October 17, 2008

dharma66 commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

I get a lot of flack for using colour, and neighbour, and grey! I live in Pennsylvania, U.S.

October 17, 2008

bilby commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

Colour television is so much better to watch than color television.

October 17, 2008

frindley commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

What's the deal with theatre and theater in the US? That's one pair where both options seem to have a decent presence. (Say, if you check a national directory of theatre companies and venues.)

October 17, 2008

reesetee commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

I disagree. Colour fades. Color stays. ;-) And I live in Pennsylvania too. Also, we use grey and gray in this area.

Frindley, my experience has been that "theatre" is used when elegance is intended, whereas "theater" is used for, say, multiplex movie houses. But that's merely one person's observation.

October 17, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

In the U.S., "theatre" is considered more pretentious, and is used mostly for live theaters—playhouses—as opposed to cinemas, which we also call theaters, but usually spelled "theater." I don't know that it's an official difference at all; I think, entirely on my own and without checking my facts, that most dictionaries/style guides would say "theater" is American spelling and "theatre" British.

It's also British style to use certain punctuation differently—for example using what Americans would call an apostrophe (') instead of quotation marks (") in direct quotes, and putting other punctuation marks (such as , .) outside of those quotation marks rather than inside. (The exception in the U.S. is colons (:) and semicolons (;) which do go outside unless they're part of the original quotation.)

Dharma, in all respect, you probably get a lot of flack because those aren't the U.S. English spellings of those words, and you live in the United States. Just sayin'. :)

It's wasteful to use letters you don't need in words, like doughnut vs. donut and colour vs. color. Americans are faster and more efficient so we drop the U and the UGH whenever we can.

And before there comes a slew of argumentative comments, I AM ENTIRELY AND IN ALL OTHER WAYS JOKING.

October 17, 2008

reesetee commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

Now doughnut--you need to keep the extra letters. More doughy that way. :-)

October 17, 2008

bilby commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

What's chaned_ber on about?

October 17, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

RT: fair enough. I don't really care, as long as I get to eat them and not have heart attacks later.

Blb: wht?

October 17, 2008

reesetee commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

Actually, I don't really care either. All this British-American spelling stuff gives me a headache.

*runs off to have a dough/do-nut*

October 17, 2008

yarb commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

I'm tickled by the addition of blue to this list.

October 17, 2008

dharma66 commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

Of course I know it is the British spelling. I'm a Heinz 57 and I do believe there's some English in there. My grandmother always said we had the johnny bull(temper) in us.

Besides, why else would I hold my pinky extended while I drink?

October 18, 2008

humongoloid commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

estuarial

February 27, 2010

ruzuzu commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

Well, here in nebraksa we don't much care for "theatre" attendance or other highfalutin nonsense, but we sure do like adding coloughrful sprinkles to our fufluns.

October 4, 2012

fbharjo commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

And what colo(u)r is your blue tooth(e)? *truthfully (toothfully) - true blue?*

October 4, 2012

ruzuzu commented on the list words-descriptive-of-the-colour-of-the-sea

It's as big and red as my corn-fed heart.

October 4, 2012