sakurakira Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 The distinction between British grey and U.S. gray developed 20c. Gray as figurative for "Southern troops in the U.S. Civil War" is first recorded 1863, in reference to their uniform color.From Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper.I would just spell it according to the region you went to school in. If you learned British English, you write grey, if American English, you write gray... unless it's a person's name, then it's however they spell it. It's the same line of thinking of colour vs color, or theatre vs theater.But I am not British, so the rule doesn't apply to me.It depends on the system of English that you learned, not your nationality. For example, if you are from India, a former British colony, you probably would have learned British English.Of course you could just disregard all of that and spell gray, color, theater, etc however you want. However if you are American, people would probably question your choice of spelling, especially in a work or school environment. Link to comment
jaza Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Rep the maple syrup see, us canadians dont need no rules Yep Link to comment
Wuzzie Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I say we declare war over this. Link to comment
metallicamaster3 Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 My fellow Aqua-Softians,it has come to my attention, that insurgents from over the internet, apparently from other countries such as Australia and England, has violently outbursted with war over the spelling of the American English word, Gray. They believe that the original spelling of the word is Grey, speaking with weird accents and for some reason throwing a U in color and favorite. I ask for congress and the commander(s) in chief (Timan and NC....and jef) to declare a verbal war against these heretics! This is NOT Sparta!!Your fellow Aqua-Softian,Phantom_Lord(Let the rants and flames begin! xD) Link to comment
thehundredthone Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 It's have violently, and I doubt outbursted is a word. So there. Link to comment
Ojalord Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 It's have violently, and I doubt outbursted is a word. So there. QFT. Link to comment
jaza Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Lol !! This will never end... Link to comment
wizard Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I am starting to see why instructors are so apathetic to this argument. Link to comment
mps69 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Just to add fuel to the fire, hot from Wikipedia. Grey became the established British spelling in the 20th century, pace Dr. Johnson and others, but a minor variant in American English, according to dictionaries. Canadians tend to prefer grey. Non-cognate greyhound is never grayhound. Link to comment
bh2 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 What about a pair of socks that are grey in colour?... riddle me ree, answer me thee. Link to comment
huMAC Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I have always spell it with an a.G-R-A-Y Link to comment
bh2 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Yes... I can see your spelling is exceptional. Link to comment
KAWSquared Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 ^^ maybe we should start spelling beer with an e to piss off bh2 Link to comment
sakurakira Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yes... I can see your spelling is exceptional.LOL!Really though, when it comes to writing on the internet I don't think anyone cares. Almost everyone on the internet these days has conversed with, played a game with, or seen posts written by people in other countries. Frankly, I am frequently amazed at the amount of people I see who are from non-English-speaking countries who can write English well... and sometimes more coherently than native speakers. You don't see that in America regarding foreign languages, unless your immediate family speaks something else. Link to comment
japp Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling Link to comment
TheReaper24 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 "White" or "wite"? It's all a bit too much, y'know? Link to comment
Bman409 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I've always spelled it "Grey" I've known about the other spellin' but it just seems incorrect spellin' to me for some reason. Im more confortable with "Grey." Link to comment
dennisalcayde Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 ive always writen it as GRAY... as im residing in a commonwealth country, i get used to add U to some british english words and changing Z to S (as in organiSe from organiZe)... hmmm, thats why English is so hard.... Link to comment
SbuxBlaze Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 ive always writen it as GRAY... as im residing in a commonwealth country, i get used to add U to some british english words and changing Z to S (as in organiSe from organiZe)... hmmm, thats why English is so hard....yeah, theres different types lol. Link to comment
Konstantino Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm going to have to go with "grey", simply because of the fact that it doesn't look awkward in my mind. When I see it, it looks as it sounds. When I see "gray", I usually see "gay" in my head and then it's quickly corrected. (There's my weird mind for you). Link to comment
Bman409 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm going to have to go with "grey", simply because of the fact that it doesn't look awkward in my mind. When I see it, it looks as it sounds. When I see "gray", I usually see "gay" in my head and then it's quickly corrected. (There's my weird mind for you).Wow.. you see/read "gray" and you think of the word "gay". Seems to me someone is finally decidin' to come out the closet. lol jk Link to comment
Levi- The perfectionist Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Come here Konstantino! Link to comment
metallicamaster3 Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Holy bump batman! Link to comment
The iApple Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) Grey is for colour as Gray is for a nameI didn't knew that you can use both terms. As with the word colour. My grammar teacher says that the correct way to spell colour is with U, but americans are sooo lazy that they don't include the u and just write 'Color'. Edited April 25, 2009 by Mauintosh Link to comment
holo13x Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 really weird how different spelled words mean different meaning to poeple Link to comment
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