Posted by John Wilson on December 04, 2002 at 04:28:12 from 202.154.130.223 user hugo.
In Reply to: Re: Semaphore - needs practice posted by Russell_Barnes on December 03, 2002 at 19:21:54:
I believe that some “Americanisms” reflect what is now archaic English, the British version having changed after early migrants from Britain left for America.
But I do not know whether Wordsworth's “color” for “colour” is one of them.