Grey or Gray?

SynthethicalY · 01.18.2007, 03:05 PM

Why do british people and Americans spell it differently?

noumenal · 01.18.2007, 03:06 PM

Uh, the Atlantic Ocean.

Inhuman · 01.18.2007, 03:11 PM

There were more gray fish than grey fish near canada and the U.K, and there were more grey fish than gray fish near the U.S.

So really, it would seem unusual to be all "Wuddup I'm doing the inverse" to this situation. But like, why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? I think it's NUTS. People's noggins need to be tuned at certain points of their life. They go into the cold and they think different.

So really, because people's heads think different, my answer to this will be because of stringed instruments that need to be tuned on occasion.

sun city girl · 01.18.2007, 03:14 PM

i thought this would have been a poll. grey for me thanks.

porkmarras · 01.18.2007, 03:18 PM

Can you not just google it or find a book that answers your question?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.18.2007, 03:19 PM

I like to spell it different depending on my mood. Sometimes you see a color and you go, "that is so GRAY!" Other times you're like, "that is so GREY!" Do you guys know what I MEAN?

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.18.2007, 03:26 PM

i thought grey was the colour(colour has a u over here)
and gray was a surname!!!! anywhere

Inhuman · 01.18.2007, 03:31 PM

yup, it's colour and gray here. And I just found out today that the canadian way of "minimize" is "minimise", but minimise sounds wrong. I still think my previous answer was MOST APPROPRIATE

Tokolosh · 01.18.2007, 03:32 PM

Colour or color?

fishmonkey · 01.18.2007, 03:51 PM

tomato or tomaaaato

who cares? we had a family to feed.

noumenal · 01.18.2007, 03:52 PM

Quarter note or crotchet?

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.18.2007, 03:53 PM

hey, howya
or
whasssuppppp bud!!!!!

sorry, first thingi could tink of!!!

Inhuman · 01.18.2007, 03:55 PM

Birdie or shuttle.

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.18.2007, 03:57 PM

cricket or baseball
formula one or nascar
football or soccer
mtv or vh1
razorlight or the killers.....

Inhuman · 01.18.2007, 03:59 PM

MCR or Sonic Youth

luxinterior · 01.18.2007, 04:02 PM

I have always spelled it "Grey."

noumenal · 01.18.2007, 04:09 PM

i just spilled coffee all over my crotchet.

Prisstina · 01.18.2007, 05:22 PM

I'm American and spell it "grey".

Glice · 01.18.2007, 05:26 PM

Effacement. Effacement? Effacement. I generally privelege the vernacular over propriety. EFFACEMENT.

k-krack · 01.18.2007, 05:28 PM

I read "Grey or Gay?"

I don't do it either way exclusively.. I guess Canadians are supposed to put gray? I prefer grey, but I don't care.

01.18.2007, 03:05 PM	#1
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Why do british people and Americans spell it differently?
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01.18.2007, 03:06 PM	#2
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Uh, the Atlantic Ocean.
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01.18.2007, 03:11 PM	#3
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	There were more gray fish than grey fish near canada and the U.K, and there were more grey fish than gray fish near the U.S. So really, it would seem unusual to be all "Wuddup I'm doing the inverse" to this situation. But like, why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? I think it's NUTS. People's noggins need to be tuned at certain points of their life. They go into the cold and they think different. So really, because people's heads think different, my answer to this will be because of stringed instruments that need to be tuned on occasion. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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01.18.2007, 03:14 PM	#4
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	i thought this would have been a poll. grey for me thanks.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Can you not just google it or find a book that answers your question? __________________
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01.18.2007, 03:19 PM	#6
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I like to spell it different depending on my mood. Sometimes you see a color and you go, "that is so GRAY!" Other times you're like, "that is so GREY!" Do you guys know what I MEAN?
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01.18.2007, 03:26 PM	#7
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i thought grey was the colour(colour has a u over here) and gray was a surname!!!! anywhere __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.18.2007, 03:31 PM	#8
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	yup, it's colour and gray here. And I just found out today that the canadian way of "minimize" is "minimise", but minimise sounds wrong. I still think my previous answer was MOST APPROPRIATE __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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01.18.2007, 03:32 PM	#9
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Colour or color?
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01.18.2007, 03:51 PM	#10
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	tomato or tomaaaato who cares? we had a family to feed. __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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01.18.2007, 03:52 PM	#11
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Quarter note or crotchet?
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	hey, howya or whasssuppppp bud!!!!! sorry, first thingi could tink of!!! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.18.2007, 03:55 PM	#13
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	Birdie or shuttle. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	cricket or baseball formula one or nascar football or soccer mtv or vh1 razorlight or the killers..... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.18.2007, 03:59 PM	#15
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	MCR or Sonic Youth __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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01.18.2007, 04:02 PM	#16
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	I have always spelled it "Grey." __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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01.18.2007, 04:09 PM	#17
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	i just spilled coffee all over my crotchet.
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01.18.2007, 05:22 PM	#18
Prisstina the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Killwaukee Posts: 996	I'm American and spell it "grey". __________________
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01.18.2007, 05:28 PM	#20
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I read "Grey or Gay?" I don't do it either way exclusively.. I guess Canadians are supposed to put gray? I prefer grey, but I don't care. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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