GREY or GRAY?

[Nurabashi]

I've always used Grey.

[Deleted]

Well, I prefer grey as I thought for over a year Hillsbrad Foothills had gay bears in it.

[ryudoz]

My hunter has an Ashtail fox named Gray.

I chuckled at least once doing that.

[Nightfury Treann]

for a reason, i call Gray when it's about a paint or color, and Grey when it's about an object

[Powerogue]

grey gray

my spellcheck doesn't care either way, i think i usually use gray though, just phonetically it makes more sense.

[Kasierith]

Graey sounds like a wonderful alternative, and it sounds pretty Celtic actually so that's a plus

[Clockwork Pinkie]

Grey is more of a last name thing. So I use "Gray" as the color. Though for all I care I can spell it guray if I wanted to be a smartass.

[Aalyy]

Gray in US, grey elsewhere.

edit: to clarify myself, you're free to use what you want, but these generally are what's what.

I use gray because^^


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I'm from the US and I spell it "Grey" :/.

[Blood Fox]

in old English the word was "grǽg". I am more used to american English, but I tend to spell it Grey. I also spell color colour. It's up the the person and how they use it. English is a living language that constantly changes. I can give you and example, the following is the original Prologue of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth

This was written in middle English around 1400. It lacks the ǽ which gives us the common A-E discrepancy. If you decide you want to see the diffrances from middle to modern you can use http://classiclit.about.com/library/...n-genpro-m.htm

To expand on my point here is the Original old English our father.

Fæder úre, ðú ðe eart on heofonum,
Sí ðín nama gehálgod.
Tó becume ðín rice.
Gewurde ðín willa
On eorþan swá swá on heofonum.
Urne dægwhamlícan hlaf syle ús tódæg.
And forgyf ús úre gyltas,
Swá swá wé forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum.
And ne gelæd ðu ús on costnunge,
Ac álýs ús of yfele. Sóþlice.

http://bitterscroll.podomatic.com/en...16_02_07-07_00

English changes all the time, the way you spell thing snow will not always be the same.

[Dedweight]

Basically this.

The whole "American English" or "English (US)" just makes me laugh. :/

Just curious but do you also find the whole "Latin America Spanish" or "European Spanish" thing funny too?

That said as an American I can't say which one I use more than the other as a I rarely spell my colors so I'm going to have to go with both since I'm sure it more depends on who I'm talking to as to which one I'll use more so than any personal preference to one. I also occasionally spell Neighbor with a "u."

[Solidito]

Grey, like it's supposed to be spelt.

[Xeyu]

Grey, just looks right to me.

[KOMO1211]

gray1    /greɪ/ Show Spelled [grey] Show IPA adjective, gray·er, gray·est, noun, verb
adjective
1. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
2. dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.
3. dull, dreary, or monotonous.
4. having gray hair; gray-headed.
5. pertaining to old age; mature..
grey   /greɪ/ Show Spelled [grey] Show IPA adjective, grey·er, grey·est, noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
gray1 .

[Sverige]

Grey. It's European English.