It's spelled colour, you burbles!

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As a citizen of Great Britain, and having been a linguistics student in the past, I will vouch for the fact that American spellings make more sense than British spellings whether you like it or not. English is a horrible language that constantly breaks its own rules (as it has none; it's just a retarded mish-mash of several others) so the American spellings make more sense. It's just a shame they aren't accepted in England or I'd use those instead.

The German language had a spelling reform in 1998 in order to make more words in their language conform to the pronunciation rules. English is long overdue.

Anyway, some examples.

Colour - Color

The "ou" in "colour" implies the vowel should be longer, or pronounced totally different, yet it's not. "Color" makes slightly more sense in terms of pronunciation rules, though still not as much as, say, "coler".

Analogue - Analog

Does anyone even know what the "u" in "analogue" means in pronunciation rules? It's a hard vowel as opposed to "e", which is a soft vowel. This stops us pronouncing it "a-na-lowj" and means that, by the rules, it should be "a-na-lowg". But wait a sec, we pronounce it "a-na-log", don't we? What the hell is the silent "e" doing there?! American spelling totally wins this one. (Incidentally, going by the rules, the spelling of the words "vogue" and "vague" are totally correct: Silent "e" to change the first vowel, and a "u" to harden the "g".)

Bough - Bow (As in a branch and as part of a boat, respectively)

Here's my favourite! Read each of these words out loud.

Through
Thorough
Cough
Tough
Bough
Dough

Six words, same "ou" vowels and "gh" consonants, totally different pronunciations.

English fails as a language.