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Submitted by Jake on February 25, 2024, at 22:09

Honour the “u”! Along with honour, we have words from the same Latin root, honos, including honourable, honouree, and honourably. There is another set — seemingly from the same root word, sans “u” — honorary, honorific, and honorarium(a). English isn’t logical in terms of spelling, but can we not have continuity with the “u” in honourary, honourific, and honourarium(a)?
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