Here we go, for what seems like the hundredth time….  Oh and we’ve got moths and bats!
Music “Hundred Times Over” by Private Joker
[tags]Dave Brodbeck, Psychology, Algoma University, Brain and Behaviour[/tags]
That title should be self explanatory…
Hey, Dave!
You have to blame the dropped “u” (and many other American spelling simplifications) not on rednecks but on Noah Webster. http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/spelling-reform.htm
Yeah I actually knew that as I said it, but I could not think of how to do Webster’s accent, and this was funnier… I still find it odd. I wonder if there are differences in spelling between dialects in other languages?
I’ve no idea–interesting notion!
Webster was neither the first nor the last to try to “fix” English spelling. Me, I like having the history of the language reflected in the spelling, even though it makes it harder to learn.