honor vs. honour??

tparty10

Any thoughts on this wording issues. Do you go with the British spelling or not -- does it matter???
Request the honor (or honour) of your presence at the marriage....
(I am doing a very traditional invitation for a ceremony at a church.)

akmackay

Honour

DMLJ

I did honor--- FI said something along the lines of "Just cause we are sending a formal invitation we didn't all of a sudden become English".  He hate it when clearly American people use the English spelling of words. 

37 Butter Knives

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[QUOTE]I did honor--- FI said something along the lines of "Just cause we are sending a formal invitation we didn't all of a sudden become English".  He hate it when clearly American people use the English spelling of words. 
Posted by DMLJ[/QUOTE]

I absolutely agree. I'm a copy editor, and "honour" may be one of my biggest wedding peeves (and believe me, I have plenty!). "Honour," when used by Americans who aren't originally from Commonwealth nations, is absolutely pretentious. It makes me think of those annoying poser (American) college kids who use British spelling because they <em>think </em>it makes them look smart and sophisticated.

British spelling is <strong>not </strong>more elegant or sophisticated.  After all, English soccer hooligans also spell it "honour."  ;)

stapletond

We used honour.  We stuck with tradition...I don't think it is pretentious.