Comments from feedback form - "That's not how you spell 'hono..."
I prefer the U in honour; seems that's something the USians, conveniently, dropped.
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That's not how you spell "honour", you crazy American. If you want to bugger up the English language by dropping letters from it, feel free, but don't expect the sane part of the English speaking world to copy you.
We 'USians' like our simplicity; you Brits apparently like custom. A lot of English words are filled with unnecessary letters, so we try our best to remove what we can. You, on the other hand, like to keep every letter that can possibly be saved! You like the monarchy and the House of Lords, whereas we see those institutions as superfluous. And you make your women wear those awfully hideous hats, while we (thankfully) got rid of them a long time ago. :)
I don't view British culture with the disdain of the original poster; in fact, I'm often fascinated by British culture, simply because it's so different and un-American! And while I see the previous IP's post as tasteless, I think that we should approach each other's cultures not with bitterness, but rather with jest.
Per a previous comment elsewhere, I do not like the Monarchy or the House of Lords.
In fact, with people in the U.S. obsessing more over the recent royal wedding, I proposed selling the Sax-Coburgs, as a job lot, to the States.
The House of Lords? Might I suggest its occupants be relocated to the Tower of London, and that made into a petting zoo. The then-vacant Westminster building could be used as a shelter for the homeless. The percentage of people asleep in the building would remain unchanged.