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    I have a small question. Does the UK gameboy color have color spelled as "colour" or as "color"?

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    Nope. In fact, I read a letter in Nintendo Power about the same question (UK reader wondering why it wasn't spelled "colour" instead of "color"), and they said that it was called "Game Boy Color" everywhere it's been sold, instead of what it would be called in their native language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gapporin
    Nope. In fact, I read a letter in Nintendo Power about the same question (UK reader wondering why it wasn't spelled "colour" instead of "color"), and they said that it was called "Game Boy Color" everywhere it's been sold, instead of what it would be called in their native language.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tholly
    Quote Originally Posted by Gapporin
    Nope. In fact, I read a letter in Nintendo Power about the same question (UK reader wondering why it wasn't spelled "colour" instead of "color"), and they said that it was called "Game Boy Color" everywhere it's been sold, instead of what it would be called in their native language.

    well that was an interesting little fact....
    Well "colour" is the REAL english way to spell things....so if anything - it should have been spelled "colour" wherever it was sold

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    We just perfected, diversified, and evolved it! Dropping unnecessary "e"s, for instance!

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    Or is it "fizzy pop"?





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    el juego chico color!! oh si!!

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    *notices a few Brits have looked up from their sitcoms to complain about English bastardization of the language*

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    American speaking to my cousin, on holiday in the US: "Hey, are you from Europe?"

    My cousin: "Yeah, from the UK"

    American: "Say, you speak really good English!"



    True story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anagrama
    American speaking to my cousin, on holiday in the US: "Hey, are you from Europe?"

    My cousin: "Yeah, from the UK"

    American: "Say, you speak really good English!"



    True story.

    That is stupidest thing I have ever heard. I can't believe someone said that.
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    i blame Gameboy color for a fall in english grades in class years ago, after writing colour without the "u" so many times....

    Same for Program/Programme

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