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Aren't "grey" and "gray" both correct?
by deelowe 9y ago
Aren't "grey" and "gray" both correct?
- happy-go-lucky 9y agoI often interchange between the two :)
- InitialLastName 9y agoI can never remember which I "use".
- strictnein 9y agoI finally sorted it out in my mind like so: grAy: America grEy: Europe
- mnarayan01 9y agoThat one jumped out at me too. Particularly since, given the multiple spellings, entering "How to spell gray" (cf. just "gray") actually makes sense.
- davidsawyer 9y agoYeah, as I Georgia resident, I will gladly accept that we "misspell" a word that really has two acceptable spellings. FWIW, I'm a fan of spelling it "gray". It just feels slightly more American for some reason.
- madcaptenor 9y agoPeople might have been wondering how to spell the name of Bob Gray, who ran to replace Tom Price for Congress in Georgia's 6th district. (Or maybe I'm trying too hard to find an explanation. You don't need to know how to spell someone's name to vote for them.)
- yesco 9y agoMaybe people just searched it because they were curious if his last name was spelled in American English? Its a pretty big stretch but it's something I could see myself doing since it would be kind of interesting if it was spelled the British way.
- strictnein 9y agoGray is the American English spelling, more or less. http://grammarist.com/spelling/gray-grey/ http://grammarist.com/spelling/gray-grey/
- nmbr213 9y agoYes, it's more of a British English vs American English. Just like "favourite" and "favorite".