Canada Day!

@Suzianne said
If it were up to you idiots, we'd have Russia on our border instead of a great neighbor like Canada.

@Very-Rusty said
@Pondy,

The word "neighbors" is spelled correctly. It is the plural form of "neighbor" which is the American English spelling. "Neighbour" is the British English spelling of the same word.

Bill

@Great-Big-Stees said
I was schooled in Quebec (Canada) and was taught the English spelling of neighbour. I didn’t realize that in your part of Canada you were taught the American spelling. My dear departed dad told me to “learn something new, every day”. Thanks VR.👍

@Very-Rusty said
Keep in mind that Maine is the other side of New Brunswick, I believe a lot of the way American's spelled things rubbed off on us. So long as we all know what is being talked about a "U" isn't really a big deal as far as I am concerned.

I have an Aunt who is also married to an American and they had a big family and their kids had kids and now the kids are having kids o ...[text shortened]... ome relatives in the States I have never met. I believe they are working on a 4th generation.

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
Have a look at a map and you’ll see that Quebec borders on 4 American states…New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine yet we, English/Canadian folk schooled in Quebec, spell words like neighbour and colour, as two examples, with the “u”. Having said that you are right as long as we understand the word being used it really doesn’t matter. Now if you are a “proud” Canadian you’d spell it the “Canadian” way.😲😉

@Very-Rusty said
Actually it is the UK way:

In British English, the correct spelling is neighbour. This spelling is standard in the UK and other Commonwealth countries. The American English spelling is neighbor.

How about I spell it my way and you spell it your way, we can both still be "Proud Canadians"!!! 😉

I am quite aware of where everything is located, New York has a great view of Niagara falls too I have heard.

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
Right you are we are a member of the British Commonwealth ergo we use the “u”…@ least until we become the 51st State.😲

@Very-Rusty said
God forbid don't even say that!

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
Just add the “u” and the Yanks will see we don’t want to join them…even in their spelling faux pas.😲😉👍

@Very-Rusty said
Actually it is the UK way:

In British English, the correct spelling is neighbour. This spelling is standard in the UK and other Commonwealth countries. The American English spelling is neighbor.

How about I spell it my way and you spell it your way, we can both still be "Proud Canadians"!!! 😉

I am quite aware of where everything is located, New York has a great view of Niagara falls too I have heard.

-VR

@Suzianne said
They got their love of superfluous letters from the French.

French is a language with so many silent letters that you can't just look at a strange word and pronounce it correctly. I don't know where they got that from.

@Kewpie said
French is a language with so many silent letters that you can't just look at a strange word and pronounce it correctly. I don't know where they got that from.

@Ponderable said
I can cope with French, but Gaelic looks comnpletely counter-intuitive for me.

@Suzianne said
They got their love of superfluous letters from the French.