I am sure that the lack of a u in humour most probably sparked the war of independence! - the yanks take them selves so seriously that they can't have you in their funny stuff its their joke so there!!!
The problem is that we do not actually have the letter " " here in America. That's why the co ntry is also called The nited States. So your British "Tut tut" can only be rendered as "T t t t" over in the SA. So we save them when we can and go with labo r, hono r, and, when we can, h mo r.
America, in thought, culture, elocution, spelling and more is so different from the Brits anyway that a little 'u' is but a minor abberration amongst their bigger sins :)
No , everybody is wrong here, ignorant of true history! Franklin spent all he’s time with the women and bankers of the French court, to no avail they constant avoided he’s pleas for monies for the colonial cause. Out of disgust and frustration of the French , he went to Amsterdam and got the money. You Brits should know this. Out of temporary hard feelings toward the French (Normans) he changed the language. The U is not Anglo Saxon but French.
An interesting thought. Have no idea if it's true. What I do know is that in 1066 "William the Bastard Conqueror" (look it up) conquered us and started centralising power. The French have been our traditional enemies ever since, and that's why we tried to steal the narrative of the 'U' from them in relation to the Americans. :)
I am sure that the lack of a u in humour most probably sparked the war of independence! - the yanks take them selves so seriously that they can't have you in their funny stuff its their joke so there!!!
neighbour: containing that most important "u" = you :-))
Well said mary-lou. I realised when I thought some more that the missing 'U' or 'you' applies much more widely.
exactly. and thanks to your clever post we're all starting to come up w/other examples!
The problem is that we do not actually have the letter " " here in America. That's why the co ntry is also called The nited States. So your British "Tut tut" can only be rendered as "T t t t" over in the SA. So we save them when we can and go with labo r, hono r, and, when we can, h mo r.
America, in thought, culture, elocution, spelling and more is so different from the Brits anyway that a little 'u' is but a minor abberration amongst their bigger sins :)
No , everybody is wrong here, ignorant of true history! Franklin spent all he’s time with the women and bankers of the French court, to no avail they constant avoided he’s pleas for monies for the colonial cause. Out of disgust and frustration of the French , he went to Amsterdam and got the money. You Brits should know this. Out of temporary hard feelings toward the French (Normans) he changed the language. The U is not Anglo Saxon but French.
An interesting thought. Have no idea if it's true. What I do know is that in 1066 "William the Bastard Conqueror" (look it up) conquered us and started centralising power. The French have been our traditional enemies ever since, and that's why we tried to steal the narrative of the 'U' from them in relation to the Americans. :)
P.S. after near electrocution with the kite thing he was never the same, go ask Noah!
So then he took 'electrocution' lessons to speak proper, 'enry 'iggins!
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