Opinion of referring to the Labour party as 'Labor'?

[Slow Learner]

pls respond

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I'm against disrespecting English spelling.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I hate British spelling with a passion, but proper nouns ought to be respected (unless they refer to a really really awful person/thing, like Donald Drumpf, Poison Dwarf, Epic Fáil, or Golden Shower).

[101spotted]

I prefer British spellings—The Queen's English is best English.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I prefer British spellings—The Queen's English is best English.

English English doesn't need a monarch to be good

[Joe Republic]

It's actually quite helpful in determining which posts about British politics written by American posters are worth reading and which aren't.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Its an odd one because the one letter in 'Labour' you definitely don't sound is the 'o'.

[Antonio the Sixth]

It's actually quite helpful in determining which posts about British politics written by American posters are worth reading and which aren't.

Good point.

[Illiniwek]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

[Vosem]

I'm pretty sure I've slipped up a few times on some Britthreads, so I think it would be hypocritical of me to vote HP. Voted FP.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

It is the correct spelling for the British Labour Party, though.

Calling it "Labor" would be like if a Brit started talking about the "Farmer-Labour Party of Minnesota".

[Hatman 🍁]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

[bagelman]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

It is the correct spelling for the British Labour Party, though.

Calling it "Labor" would be like if a Brit started talking about the "Farmer-Labour Party of Minnesota".

Or the "Australian Labour Party" when they use the American spelling as well.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

They call the GOP, Conservative and the Whigs Liberal Dem. To distinguish from Liberal Dems or Whigs they call the Secular or Left Wing Party Labor

[Хahar 🤔]

It bothers me much more when Americans spell perfectly good English words incorrectly because they hate America.

[Slow Learner]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

But it's the registered name of an official political party. It's different.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

I was being hyperbolic obviously, but yeah, it kinda annoys me for some reason. Maybe because I want to be a patriotic 'Murican, or because I'm a mild Anglophobe. I don't know, it just sounds off. The American way feels more straightforward and authentic.

[DavidB.]

I hate British spelling with a passion use American spelling myself, but proper nouns ought to be respected (unless they refer to a really really awful person/thing, like Donald Drumpf, Poison Dwarf, Epic Fáil, or Golden Shower).

Exactly this. "Labor" is just evil.

[Illiniwek]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

It is the correct spelling for the British Labour Party, though.

Calling it "Labor" would be like if a Brit started talking about the "Farmer-Labour Party of Minnesota".

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

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But it's the registered name of an official political party. It's different.

No I absolutely get that. I just get this condescending feeling from some Brits that say we Americans don't say "aluminium" correctly, and I'm saying that it's correct for the spelling and it's fine that we spell it differently. All power to Labour and that it should never be referred to as the Labor Party.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

I was being hyperbolic obviously, but yeah, it kinda annoys me for some reason. Maybe because I want to be a patriotic 'Murican, or because I'm a mild Anglophobe. I don't know, it just sounds off. The American way feels more straightforward and authentic.

You're not even an American.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

It is the correct spelling for the British Labour Party, though.

Calling it "Labor" would be like if a Brit started talking about the "Farmer-Labour Party of Minnesota".

Or the "Australian Labour Party" when they use the American spelling as well.

Or like calling Jefferson Airplane 'Jefferson Aeroplane'.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

I was being hyperbolic obviously, but yeah, it kinda annoys me for some reason. Maybe because I want to be a patriotic 'Murican, or because I'm a mild Anglophobe. I don't know, it just sounds off. The American way feels more straightforward and authentic.

You're not even an American.

I'm culturally American.

[Mr. Morden]

I've got no problem with spelling it as Labour. However, get over yourselves on the aluminum/aluminium debate. The British way of spelling isn't "correct", its just one way to do it.

It is the correct spelling for the British Labour Party, though.

Calling it "Labor" would be like if a Brit started talking about the "Farmer-Labour Party of Minnesota".

Or the "Australian Labour Party" when they use the American spelling as well.

Even though I've lived here for many years now, I still haven't bothered to learn why the party is "Labor" with no "u" here, when basically every other word is spelled the British way.

[Goldwater]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

I was being hyperbolic obviously, but yeah, it kinda annoys me for some reason. Maybe because I want to be a patriotic 'Murican, or because I'm a mild Anglophobe. I don't know, it just sounds off. The American way feels more straightforward and authentic.

You're not even an American.

I'm culturally American.

No you're not.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I hate British spelling with a passion

What the hell is wrong with you?

I was being hyperbolic obviously, but yeah, it kinda annoys me for some reason. Maybe because I want to be a patriotic 'Murican, or because I'm a mild Anglophobe. I don't know, it just sounds off. The American way feels more straightforward and authentic.

You're not even an American.

I'm culturally American.

No you're not.

I was obviously trolling BRTD, but I knew some dumbass would soon come over and not get it.