Talk:Governor

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No mention of the English spelling of "governour" in article

I've been doing a lot of research on the proto-American Jamestown, Virginia colony of the 1600s, and a lot of books use the spelling governour to describe the Virginia Governor's Council (which was part of England). I also saw this note:

"A partial revival of -or on the Latin model took place from 16th century. (governour began to lose its -u- 16c. and it was gone by 19c.), and also among phonetic spellers in both England and America (John Wesley wrote that -or was "a fashionable impropriety" in England in 1791)."

This indicates to me that "governour" is (or was) an acceptable spelling, and this article should be audited for American English bias. I will endeavour to research more etymology references! StevePrutz (talk) 12:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]