Four chador theorem

[axn]

Originally Posted by davieddy

If he had said the four color conjecture may be false

I believe it's Four Colour Theorem, now.

[flouran]

Originally Posted by axn

I believe it's Four Colour Theorem, now.

I think it can also be called the Four Color Theorem :)

[10metreh]

Originally Posted by flouran

I think it can also be called the Four Color Theorem :)

We could say that you Americans have a cents of humor. (I apologise to Flatlander for the borrowed joke.)

[Wacky]

Originally Posted by 10metreh

We could say that you Americans have a cents of humor. (I apologise to Flatlander for the borrowed joke.)

There is an odor to that comment.

Did you mean scents of humor?

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by axn

I believe it's Four Colour Theorem, now.

That was precisely the point I was making.
(and as it's origins are this side of the pond, I think the u
is well justified).

[cheesehead]

Do we need a Two Spelling Theorem?

[henryzz]

if you ask me it was the brits that created english so we should be the ones allowed to alter it not the USA

[CRGreathouse]

Originally Posted by henryzz

if you ask me it was the brits that created english so we should be the ones allowed to alter it not the USA

(As an American:)

Well, we stole your colonies, why not steal the language while we're at it?

[flouran]

American English is not incorrect. It is simply a variant of British English, which has its roots in the French-Norman conquest of the Anglo and Saxon peoples. Read Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue, it's a good book.

P.S.:

Does anyone agree?

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by flouran

American English is not incorrect.
Does anyone agree?

Correct, it is the Cannucks that have things all munged up.

[Jeff Gilchrist]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Correct, it is the Cannucks that have things all munged up.

Eh?