Originally posted by wooley
Rumour has it that if it wasn't for the 4th of July, you'd know how to spell rumour...
Originally posted by wood1 I think if you do a little research you will find both spellings are correct.
It's a joke, wood. Follow along: British spelling is "rumour"; Fourth of July gets credit for American independence; later, US spelling rules change to drop the "u" in many words the Brits spell with "-our"; resulting in US spelling of "rumor".
SO without the 4th, we'd be spelling "rumor" as "rumour"!
EDIT: Oops, Talon -- finsihed the thread and saw ya beat me to it!