my understanding was that the french in english was due to the normans, i guess i was wrong.

both pearl and harbour are common nouns, but Pearl Harbor is a proper noun. i would still type harbour any time not referencing the american naval base.

":he our or or comes from the norman invasion of england back well before any of us were born. whether it comes from french or latin decent."

so that would then be an untrue statement, -or or -our has nothing to do with where the word will have originated?

(this references earlier in the thread)