gray or grey? w/ poll

[MrsHoneybee]

grey

 

[LtPage1]

Depends on the context- it's an artistic choice.

 

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Gray seems like it is a flaming "person of certain sexuality" limping his wrist and yelling "Hayyyyy!"

Grey seems like it is a person of dignity drinking his brandy from a snifter and observing the color of his library tile's caulk stating "I say, that is quite a grey colour there" then drifting off into other intellectual thought

lol, usually synesthetes aren't quite as retarded but I say that in a good way since that was funny was hell.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Gray seems like it is a flaming "person of certain sexuality" limping his wrist and yelling "Hayyyyy!"

Grey seems like it is a person of dignity drinking his brandy from a snifter and observing the color of his library tile's caulk stating "I say, that is quite a grey colour there" then drifting off into other intellectual thought

lol, usually synesthetes aren't quite as retarded but I say that in a good way since that was funny was hell.

I had to look up synesthetes, but thanks!

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

So do you go around spelling jail "gaol" and color "colour" and calling the trunk of your car the boot?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
How do you spell it?

Either way is correct, but which way is natural for you to write?

This is not a matter of opinion. The correct spelling in the US is "gray". The spelling in England and some other countries is "grey".

 

[CellarDoor]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
I use both spellings.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

This is not correct reasoning. The US and Britain speak different dialects of the language and therefore you cannot go around using the wrong dialect in the wrong area.

Do you call trucks "lorries"? When people break their arms, do you say they're wearing casts or splints? When you're looking for a tool that tightens bolts, do you ask for wrenches or spanners?

 

[jw0ollard]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

This is not correct reasoning. The US and Britain speak different dialects of the language and therefore you cannot go around using the wrong dialect in the wrong area.

Do you call trucks "lorries"? When people break their arms, do you say they're wearing casts or splints? When you're looking for a tool that tightens bolts, do you ask for wrenches or spanners?

What? Those aren't the greatest examples since "gray" and "grey" sound the exact same.

That's like saying you're not allowed to say "theatre" in America, when most people I know spell it that way.

 

[RichUK]

Grey

 

[Steve]

I prefer the 'e' version. Perhaps because I am originally Canadian.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

slowly but surely we're ironing out the problem areas of the English language

 

[Joemonkey]

Grey sounds elitist so being a jerk about spelling it that way works for me

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i spell it both, i forget which i correct, then i guess
either way

same here. I always forget.

 

[Saint Michael]

I usually spell it "grey", and I'm an American. Never knew that one or the other spelling was American or British, "grey" just feels more natural to me.

 

[Goosemaster]

It's Goose

 

[Oxaqata]

Edit

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: jw0ollard

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

This is not correct reasoning. The US and Britain speak different dialects of the language and therefore you cannot go around using the wrong dialect in the wrong area.

Do you call trucks "lorries"? When people break their arms, do you say they're wearing casts or splints? When you're looking for a tool that tightens bolts, do you ask for wrenches or spanners?

What? Those aren't the greatest examples since "gray" and "grey" sound the exact same.

That's like saying you're not allowed to say "theatre" in America, when most people I know spell it that way.

What's hard to understand about that? Britain and the US spell certain words differently. In the US the correct spelling is "gray". In Britain the correct spelling is "grey".

If your friends are using an alternate spelling for a word, they're just spelling it wrong. That's either because a) they simply don't know any better, or b) They're trying to sound cultured/elitist and failing at it miserably. In either case they are incorrect.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: jw0ollard

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

This is not correct reasoning. The US and Britain speak different dialects of the language and therefore you cannot go around using the wrong dialect in the wrong area.

Do you call trucks "lorries"? When people break their arms, do you say they're wearing casts or splints? When you're looking for a tool that tightens bolts, do you ask for wrenches or spanners?

What? Those aren't the greatest examples since "gray" and "grey" sound the exact same.

That's like saying you're not allowed to say "theatre" in America, when most people I know spell it that way.

What's hard to understand about that? Britain and the US spell certain words differently. In the US the correct spelling is "gray". In Britain the correct spelling is "grey".

If your friends are using an alternate spelling for a word, they're just spelling it wrong. That's either because a) they simply don't know any better, or b) They're trying to sound cultured/elitist and failing at it miserably. In either case they are incorrect.

http://m-w.com/dictionary/gray

It doesn't say anything about "grey" being a British spelling, it simply says it's a variant. I'll continue to spell it correctly as "grey".

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: jw0ollard

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Oxaqata
Grey. The British invented the language, so to speak, therefore their spelling is the most accurate.

This is not correct reasoning. The US and Britain speak different dialects of the language and therefore you cannot go around using the wrong dialect in the wrong area.

Do you call trucks "lorries"? When people break their arms, do you say they're wearing casts or splints? When you're looking for a tool that tightens bolts, do you ask for wrenches or spanners?

What? Those aren't the greatest examples since "gray" and "grey" sound the exact same.

That's like saying you're not allowed to say "theatre" in America, when most people I know spell it that way.

What's hard to understand about that? Britain and the US spell certain words differently. In the US the correct spelling is "gray". In Britain the correct spelling is "grey".

If your friends are using an alternate spelling for a word, they're just spelling it wrong. That's either because a) they simply don't know any better, or b) They're trying to sound cultured/elitist and failing at it miserably. In either case they are incorrect.

I'll agree with you on words like theatre and colour in particular. I laugh when I see people from the US using the British spellings of words, especially when they don't do it consistently. They'll get the obvious ones, like the -er/-re and -or/-our switches, but miss some of the lesser known spelling differences. It really makes them look silly when they're trying to be pretentious and they don't do it right.

You're right that we speak a different dialect here in the US. If you're an American and you're in the US and you use British spellings, you're not using the correct spelling, you're wrong and it makes you feel superior.

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