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Distinctively British spellings
British spelling is not specific enough. There are differences between the Imperial, Stormonth, and the Oxford;[1] therefore a request for British spelling should name the dictionary to be followed.
THE -OUR WORDS
The words in British spelling which most perplex the compositor are those ending in -our, as
- arbour
- ardour
- armour
- behaviour
- candour
- clamour
- clangour
- colour
- contour
- demeanour
- disfavour
- dishonour
- dolour
- enamour[2]
- endeavour
- favour
- fervour
- flavour
- glamour[2]
- harbour
- honour
- humour
- labour
- misbehaviour
- neighbour
- odour
- parlour
- rancour
- rigour
- rumour
- savour
- splendour
- succour
- tabour
- tambour
- tumour
- valour
- vapour
- vigour
- ↑ The New English Dictionary of the Philological Society, edited by Dr. J. A. H. Murray, and commonly known as "the Oxford," probably will not be finished before the year 1910. For present use Stormonth and the Imperial are the only complete and authoritative dictionaries of modern British spellings. A comparative list of different spellings in these dictionaries is given in Appendix A.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 These spellings are preferred also by the Century, Standard, and Worcester. Webster prefers glamour, but omits the u in enamour.