How Do Australia Spell Colour

American and australian spelling differences.

How do australia spell colour. It was in 1975 in australia. Australia was a british colony and the education system is based on the british education system that is what we mostly follow although with the influence of tv the internet etc that is changing a bit and us words and spelling are gaining more influence. The spelling without the letter u is the american spelling.

Australian english uses ise or yse and american english ize or yze. I grew up in england until i was 15 years and have lived in australia for 30 years. We can also write.

You might have noticed that there are other words with the same duality of spelling words like honor traveling favorite and the past tense of the verb spell these variations in spelling exist because of differences between american english and british english. Color is the preferred spelling in american english. One time when i asked a person why they spelt the word colour without the u they said that s how i ve always spelt it.

As a noun the word refers to the various shades of visible light reflected back to the eye from a surface. When did you first see color television in australia. In british english colour is preferred.

I have found it is not considered wrong in australia to spell using the preferred spelling of a word but it is often considered wrong to spell using a secondary spelling. For example it is never considered wrong to use colour but color is considered wrong by many if not most australians. Americans spell it color and generally british people spell it colour with a u.

Color and colour are alternative spellings of the same word. In australia the words colour flavour favourite etc are spelled with the u. The distinction extends to all derivatives of the word.