Mould or mold?

What a complication, guys, why can't you say "Moule" and "Moisissure" like everyone else...
It's very simple in French: "Moule" is a tool for molding balls and "Moule" is a bivalve mollusk (mussel)...

Why get lost in foreign languages with double-meaning words when French is so simple and easy?

TDM said:

Makes sense said that way.

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Yep, makes cents to me too.. or two to

I use "mold" because I'm trying to conserve my "u"s

Erwan said:

What a complication, guys, why can't you say "Moule" and "Moisissure" like everyone else...
It's very simple in French: "Moule" is a tool for molding balls and "Moule" is a bivalve mollusk (mussel)...

Why get lost in foreign languages with double-meaning words when French is so simple and easy?

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Well! I guess I won't be ordering any molds/moulds from France. Fifty Fifty chance I end with a clam shell.

Rifleman1776 said:

Being a bit of a wordsmith, I have long been unsure what the correct spelling is for the tool we use to cast round balls. Is it ''mould" or "mold"? To my way of thinking, "mold" is the fungus stuff that grows in moist area and "mould" is the casting tool. So, I looked it up. Surprise! Do yer own thang. Both are correct and interchangeable for the casting tool. "Mold" is a more American usage and "mould" is more British but either is acceptable. Potato/potaato?

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Mold is that stuff in your shower, too! But the "U" does sound quite English! Good that you looked it up; kudos!

garypl said:

I use "mold" because I'm trying to conserve my "u"s

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"U's" being spelt YOUZE.

Or Use….as in Use Guy’s!

smo said:

Or Use….as in Use Guy’s!

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I think the wise-guys spell that "youse" guys! BTW, really will miss actor Ray Liotta! He was a good guy and wonderful actor!

Down here we just say “y’all” and conserve our “u”s.

TDM said:

Down here we just say “y’all” and conserve our “u”s.

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Good practice!

longcruise said:

Me too! I struggle with foreign languages!

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American is my primary language though I can limp along in Spanish and I understand some of the Queens English.

Rifleman1776 said:

Being a bit of a wordsmith, I have long been unsure what the correct spelling is for the tool we use to cast round balls. Is it ''mould" or "mold"? To my way of thinking, "mold" is the fungus stuff that grows in moist area and "mould" is the casting tool. So, I looked it up. Surprise! Do yer own thang. Both are correct and interchangeable for the casting tool. "Mold" is a more American usage and "mould" is more British but either is acceptable. Potato/potaato?

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British Commonwealth and Europeans tend to use the vowel combination “ ou “ in some words that we spell with the simpler “ o “.

planefixer da50 said:

we speak American/ your state. we fought a war not to speak english, my 2$

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Pity that some people can't get past 1776.
One thing to remember about your Constitution (NOT A CRITICISM!!!) is that it was written by what we in the UK would have called "Upper Class" people, landed gentry with estates maintained by "peasants" and slaves. Hence the structure of the Constitution to protect the status quo -- - again this is a comment, NOT A CRITICISM. This class system still exists to some extent in the UK.

English spellings varied until the development of dictionaries and newspapers.
As far as "American" spelling, of course the changes really started when Webster's Dictionary was published in 1828, but the major changes were a result of "rationalisation" by a later President -- TDR in 1906 with his Executive Order mandating "reformed spelling". There is a good explanation on the History Channel.

Can we all not agree that there are bound to be differences of opinion on SO many matters, but that little is accomplished by focus on chipped shoulders ?

For 78 years I've never had a problem with understanding mold or mould. Now for the rest of my life I will doubt, I knew I should not have opened this post!!

I’ve often wondered about that spelling as well

appalichian hunter said:

Theres a country song in there somewhere.

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I thought more of a Sesame Street ditty.

“Mould” just seems too fancy for my taste. What really grinds my gears is when folks say “Hawkens rifle”

No wonder I can't ever seem to find any "would mold handals"

I throw away the mold from the bread and cheese, Bubba.50. I don't eat it.

And what if we pronounced the ou as in the Scottish out.