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“Humor” or “Humour”

Language

Humor and humour are both English terms.

Usage

Humor is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while humour is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
humor 96 42 37 91 41 39 0 41 46 71 68 74
humour 4 58 63 9 59 61 0 59 54 29 32 26

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "humor" over "humour" (96 to 4).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In India, there is a 63 to 37 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "humor" over "humour" (91 to 9).
  • In Canada, there is a 59 to 41 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In Australia, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "humor" and "humour".
  • In Ireland, there is a 59 to 41 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 54 to 46 preference for "humour" over "humor".
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "humor" over "humour" (71 to 29).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "humor" over "humour" (68 to 32).
  • In Guyana, there is a preference for "humor" over "humour" (74 to 26).
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use humor or humour with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “humor”

  • comedy/mystery feature film The Good Humor Man with Jack Carson, Lola
  • monarch with a sense of humor.
  • with a sardonic sense of humor; it has been noted that
  • story with simplicity, ingenuity and humor."
  • praising the film for its humor and for focusing on what
  • Good Humor was not able to solve
  • The humor from both books is derived
  • players were in a jolly humor yesterday with their miniature football
  • of BMX XXX'''s release, sexual humor and nudity were not widely
  • of whom criticized the adult humor and sexual content despite the

Examples of “humour”

  • with oratory skills blended with humour.
  • and early examples of surreal humour at least since the 19th
  • a man who would put humour into everything.
  • his radio analysis of Maltese humour in the series done for
  • life with a dose of humour and poetry.
  • Much of the humour related to 'Gil' stems from
  • Service with a sense of humour," being included in national press
  • for a gentle sense of humour.
  • Category:Adult humour titles
  • Kitazawa's Tokyo Puck, a cartoon humour magazine patterned after the American


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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