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  • How do you spell grey/gray?

    I just got into a debate between my friends about how you spell the word "grey" (as in the color)

    How do you spell it?
    16
    Grey
    31.25%
    5
    Gray
    31.25%
    5
    either one
    37.50%
    6
    How'd I get so white and nerdy?

  • #2
    Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

    WhackGreyWhack!

    Auntie Lynn
    Be AKAMAI ~ KOKUA Hawai`i!
    Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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    • #3
      Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

      toe MAY toe.
      toe Mah toe....

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      • #4
        Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

        Originally posted by kimo55
        toe MAY toe.
        toe Mah toe....
        So, how do you say it?

        Me = toe MAY toe
        How'd I get so white and nerdy?

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        • #5
          Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

          Grey may toe!

          ...OMG! I'm Bored!!!!

          Auntie Lynn
          Be AKAMAI ~ KOKUA Hawai`i!
          Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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          • #6
            Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

            toe grey toe.

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            • #7
              Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

              Grey: tea, age, hair, feelings
              Gray: skies, clothing

              So I was taught in elementary school. And that teacher was from that thar fancy East Coast parts where they are real learnt. And stuff.

              pax

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              • #8
                Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'o
                Grey: tea, age, hair, feelings
                Gray: skies, clothing

                So I was taught in elementary school. And that teacher was from that thar fancy East Coast parts where they are real learnt. And stuff.
                Pua'i Mana'o

                Can you tell me why that fancy far East Coast Teacher says "Grey Age"

                What is Grey Age?

                I googled "Grey Age" ...

                Didn't really come up with anything????

                You sure you were being taught the right things???? j/k

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                • #9
                  Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                  For the ABC TV show it should be Grey's Anatomy.
                  I'm still here. Are you?

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                  • #10
                    Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                    Originally posted by manoasurfer123
                    Pua'i Mana'o

                    Can you tell me why that fancy far East Coast Teacher says "Grey Age"

                    What is Grey Age?
                    [...]
                    Me...right before I get my haired colored!

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                    • #11
                      Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                      I always was under the impression, rightly or wrongly, that the spelling "gray" was American English, whereas "grey" was the British English spelling.

                      Here's one link that seems to share my impression:
                      http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/2284/

                      Here's an online etymology source:
                      http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?...earchmode=none

                      My Indian parents grew up learning British English in their Indian schools, so they would use the "grey" spelling, but I noticed early on that American children's books would use "gray" instead. I guess I just absorbed it as a difference without giving a second thought, but I often would find myself using "grey" since I learned that spelling from my parents first and then changing it to "gray" when writing papers in school because I wasn't sure if some teachers would count it as incorrect. When in America, do as the Americans do, right?

                      The famous anatomical textbook first published in 1858 by British author GRAY was called "Gray's Anatomy."

                      Here's a link to that from good ol' Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy

                      So perhaps in Britain "gray" is used for names and "grey" for the color? And then to not get the famous book people up in arms, the tv people deliberately used "Grey's Anatomy" to call their show, as opposed to "Gray's Anatomy" the book?

                      To avoid all confusion, from now on I'll just spell it "greigh." So there!

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                      • #12
                        Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                        Originally posted by AbsolutChaos
                        To avoid all confusion, from now on I'll just spell it "greigh." So there!
                        But then, people will mis-pronounce it, thinking it's spoken like my first name (Gregg); and I have enough of a challenge with the 3-g spelling. (But the penultimate "g" is silent.)

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                        • #13
                          Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                          Originally posted by manoasurfer123
                          Pua'i Mana'o

                          Can you tell me why that fancy far East Coast Teacher says "Grey Age"

                          What is Grey Age?

                          I googled "Grey Age" ...

                          Didn't really come up with anything????

                          You sure you were being taught the right things???? j/k
                          lol....ah, I should have been clearer. Age was about being "old and grey", not in terms of an era.



                          The teacher was originally from the east coast. And it was quite a challenge to acclimate my ear to how she tawked.

                          pax

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                          • #14
                            Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                            Originally posted by AbsolutChaos
                            So perhaps in Britain "gray" is used for names and "grey" for the color? And then to not get the famous book people up in arms, the tv people deliberately used "Grey's Anatomy" to call their show, as opposed to "Gray's Anatomy" the book?
                            It looks like both Grey and Gray are used for names in both the U.S. and Britain (there are the Earls Grey, which is definitely British, and from which comes the name of the tea).

                            From the link that Mel gave it looks like it's primarily a play-on-words since the main character is named Meredith Grey. Though I think they could just as easily have spelled it with the ay. I dunno...
                            http://www.pineapplejuice.net/freshly-squeezed

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                            • #15
                              Re: How do you spell grey/gray?

                              I saw gray.
                              backwoodlessons2

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