We spell it “summer”. Only one nation in the world removes letters from words… USofA.Behaviour. Favour. Flavour. Neighbour. Savour. Saviour. Dang American’s ruining the words. :P
Oooh, that’ll be talked about on the playground for days…-—————————-@Allan: It was a joke, really. And the American spelling of those words is more intuitive and efficient. Besides, I’m sure the Canadian French is not considered to be correct or proper by the European French either, so who cares? :-P
Apparently he doesn’t dislike Mrs. Hardacre as much as he thought he did! Either that or he’s feeling “charitable” since he’s moving on to the next grade level and is finally, after such a long and difficult year, leaving her behind him like a bad memory.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
“Sumer”?!?
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
Shouldn’t MIchael know how to spell Summer by now?
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
Guess Michael didn’t win this year’s spelling bee.
prrdh over 13 years ago
Why not? I think they spell fall ‘autumn’.
Allan CB Premium Member over 13 years ago
We spell it “summer”. Only one nation in the world removes letters from words… USofA.Behaviour. Favour. Flavour. Neighbour. Savour. Saviour. Dang American’s ruining the words. :P
stevenjohns over 13 years ago
No, prrdh, they spell autumn “fall”.
gobblingup Premium Member over 13 years ago
Oooh, that’ll be talked about on the playground for days…-—————————-@Allan: It was a joke, really. And the American spelling of those words is more intuitive and efficient. Besides, I’m sure the Canadian French is not considered to be correct or proper by the European French either, so who cares? :-P
EarlWash over 13 years ago
The Brits would be first to say “The Americans haven’t spoken English in over 300 years”.
hippogriff over 13 years ago
And mid-week is pronounced WED nez dee.
hippogriff over 13 years ago
And school levels take the cardnal, not ordinal – it is “grade 2” not “second grade”. This appears frequently in FBOW.
jadelovesjelly over 13 years ago
Well, how else are you supposed to sign it? LOL
JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago
Winter is icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddam!
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
Apparently he doesn’t dislike Mrs. Hardacre as much as he thought he did! Either that or he’s feeling “charitable” since he’s moving on to the next grade level and is finally, after such a long and difficult year, leaving her behind him like a bad memory.