let all spout our foul egocentric and meaningless opinions on this one!
i for one(being taught the difference in between since early age), do not like this -re thing "for some strange reason", after all it is pronounced more like centER, so somehow my mind tells me this seems more right (than wrong)
also color seems more aesthetically developed than colour, it's not like you pronounce this letter so why write it?
experiencing things as dumbed-down or simplified is just a basic perception of less letters in the word and it takes some insight and thought to realise the convenience of writing/typing shorter words
favor and color are just more perfected versions of old terms, that's how i experience one side of this retard story
and prawn, wellll... let's just not go there before things turn ugly... just like the good ol' colonial times eyy!