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Ah! You see Bill, while at first thought that hyphen MAY appear to be "superfluous", it would actually serve a purpose in this regard, unlike, say, those unfortunate little "u"s which those poor Brits over there still use to spell certain words such as "color" and "labor", and which as we good Americans all know ARE in fact superfluous, and as we also know is just a carryover from them being conquered by the Normand peoples of FRANCE almost a millennium ago, and of which said Brits could never seems to break themselves of spelling in that manner even after all these many years have passed since the year 1066 A.D.

(...I certainly hope that you will find the above a satisfactory answer to your question, ol' buddy!)





Why is it that you keep referring to the Normans as French?
Everyone knows that back in the 11th century Normandy was a seperate dukedom populated by decendants of viking invaders.

In fact, it was William the Bastard who started the English habit of fighting the Franks but we carried it on when they became French

As for the language, did you know that French didn't become the offical language of all of France until after the American civil war?

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