The English 'stole' words from the French in the same way half the European world 'stole' Roman roads, words, and customs.

They were colonised by the Normans you silly codswallop. The British retain French words because they were forced on them by the aristocracy a thousand years ago.

I mean we hate on the french, but it's mostly good natured ribbing. Also wasn't most of the french imposed on us post invasion rather than stealing?

It's even sillier when you realize (hah!) that -or came from Latin, and -our came from Old French, and both had been used interchangeably in English for at least a century when Samuel Johnson decided to use -our in his dictionary, and Noah Webster decided to use -or. So Britons and Yankees are equally (in)correct.