An open list of 44 words by yarb.
- sloe was added by yarb and appears on 21 other lists
- hyaline was added by yarb and appears on 35 other lists
- dull was added by yarb and appears on 38 other lists
- turquoise was added by yarb and appears on 76 other lists
- slate was added by yarb and appears on 39 other lists
- snotgreen was added by yarb and appears on 2 other lists
- ultramarine was added by yarb and appears on 41 other lists
- glaucous was added by yarb and appears on 61 other lists
- murky was added by yarb and appears on 47 other lists
- ashen was added by yarb and appears on 39 other lists
- wine-dark was added by yarb and appears on 2 other lists
- claret was added by yarb and appears on 55 other lists
- leaden was added by yarb and appears on 21 other lists
- sable was added by yarb and appears on 68 other lists
- bloody was added by yarb and appears on 45 other lists
- watchet was added by yarb and appears on 16 other lists
- pearlescent was added by yarb and appears on 20 other lists
- caesious was added by yarb and appears on 24 other lists
- aquamarine was added by smrtrthnu and appears on 56 other lists
- blue was added by smrtrthnu and appears on 119 other lists
- emerald was added by smrtrthnu and appears on 67 other lists
- blue-jade was added by smrtrthnu and appears on just this list
- clear was added by plethora and appears on 50 other lists
- incarnadine was added by seanahan and appears on 126 other lists
- glas was added by wytukaze and appears on 2 other lists
- modro was added by madmouth and appears on 2 other lists
- estuarial was added by humongoloid and appears on 1 other list
- celadon was added by fbharjo and appears on 80 other lists
- cerulean was added by fbharjo and appears on 246 other lists
- obsidian was added by fbharjo and appears on 84 other lists
- opaline was added by fbharjo and appears on 43 other lists
- alloxan was added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- rhodanic was added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- carignane was added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- bondi blue was added by fbharjo and appears on 4 other lists
- huito was added by fbharjo and appears on 2 other lists
- gentianella was added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- plumbago was added by fbharjo and appears on 12 other lists
- celestite was added by fbharjo and appears on 1 other list
- chalybeous was added by fbharjo and appears on 2 other lists
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- vervain was added by fbharjo and appears on 9 other lists
- violaniline was added by fbharjo and appears on 1 other list
- ageratum was added by fbharjo and appears on 6 other lists
ruzuzu It's as big and red as my corn-fed heart. Oct 4, 2012
fbharjo And what colo(u)r is your blue tooth(e)? *truthfully (toothfully) - true blue?* Oct 4, 2012
ruzuzu Well, here in nebraksa we don't much care for "theatre" attendance or other highfalutin nonsense, but we sure do like adding coloughrful sprinkles to our fufluns. Oct 4, 2012
humongoloid estuarial Feb 27, 2010
dharma66 Of course I know it is the British spelling. I'm a Heinz 57 and I do believe there's some English in there. My grandmother always said we had the johnny bull(temper) in us.
Besides, why else would I hold my pinky extended while I drink? Oct 18, 2008
yarb I'm tickled by the addition of blue to this list. Oct 17, 2008
reesetee Actually, I don't really care either. All this British-American spelling stuff gives me a headache.
*runs off to have a dough/do-nut* Oct 17, 2008
chained_bear RT: fair enough. I don't really care, as long as I get to eat them and not have heart attacks later.
Blb: wht? Oct 17, 2008
bilby What's chaned_ber on about? Oct 17, 2008
reesetee Now doughnut--you need to keep the extra letters. More doughy that way. :-) Oct 17, 2008
chained_bear In the U.S., "theatre" is considered more pretentious, and is used mostly for live theaters—playhouses—as opposed to cinemas, which we also call theaters, but usually spelled "theater." I don't know that it's an official difference at all; I think, entirely on my own and without checking my facts, that most dictionaries/style guides would say "theater" is American spelling and "theatre" British.
It's also British style to use certain punctuation differently—for example using what Americans would call an apostrophe (') instead of quotation marks (") in direct quotes, and putting other punctuation marks (such as , .) outside of those quotation marks rather than inside. (The exception in the U.S. is colons (:) and semicolons (;) which do go outside unless they're part of the original quotation.)
Dharma, in all respect, you probably get a lot of flack because those aren't the U.S. English spellings of those words, and you live in the United States. Just sayin'. :)
It's wasteful to use letters you don't need in words, like doughnut vs. donut and colour vs. color. Americans are faster and more efficient so we drop the U and the UGH whenever we can.
And before there comes a slew of argumentative comments, I AM ENTIRELY AND IN ALL OTHER WAYS JOKING. Oct 17, 2008
reesetee I disagree. Colour fades. Color stays. ;-) And I live in Pennsylvania too. Also, we use grey and gray in this area.
Frindley, my experience has been that "theatre" is used when elegance is intended, whereas "theater" is used for, say, multiplex movie houses. But that's merely one person's observation. Oct 17, 2008
frindley What's the deal with theatre and theater in the US? That's one pair where both options seem to have a decent presence. (Say, if you check a national directory of theatre companies and venues.) Oct 17, 2008
bilby Colour television is so much better to watch than color television. Oct 17, 2008
dharma66 I get a lot of flack for using colour, and neighbour, and grey! I live in Pennsylvania, U.S. Oct 17, 2008
yarb From England, and I agree, "-our" is superior to "-or"! Oct 17, 2008
dharma66 where are you from? I love that you spell colour the British way!! Oct 17, 2008