How do you spell the color grey or gray? Bet everyone likes this answer

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.greyorgray.com /

Which is correct, the "grey" or "gray" spelling?

Have you often wondered "Am I spelling g-r-e-y correctly...or is it g-r-a-y?". How do you spell the color grey or gray? Well, the answer is they are both correct. There are two acceptable spellings. Gray is used primarily in the United States and other areas that use US English. Grey is used in Great Britain and areas that use UK English.

The only exceptions to these rules are:

1. Proper nouns such as a last name; Earl Grey and Zane Grey would not be spelled Gray and L.H. Gray must be always be spelled Gray.

2. Greyhound as in the dog breed.

3. Food irradiation (quantity of radiation energy absorbed by the food as it passes through the radiation field during processing). 1 Gray = 0.001 kGy = 1 joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of food irradiated.

[Duer 157099]

1. It's quite fitting that that particular word should have two acceptable spellings

After all, it's not black or white.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Zing!

Very clever!!!

:P

[tekisui]

24. Well done.

:thumbsup:

[WCGreen]

27. Wonderful play...

[PurityOfEssence]

34. Isn't it? That's why I love it and use the more English version

It's just delicious that both spellings are acceptable, and it SO fits with the nature of the word.

As a contrarian, I've always used the 'e' version....

Gotta love it...

[MinneapolisMatt]

37. +1

!!

[quinnox]

2. grey seems better

that version is more appealing to me.

[taterguy]

3. I don't like the answer. You lose your bet

Pay up.

[madinmaryland]

5. Erin Gray or Erin Moran.

:wtf:

Moran???

[Grey]

6. I really, really like that answer....nt

[monmouth]

7. Mrs. Grey wore a gray suit..nt

[DevonRex]

8. Grey is my preferred way.

[Enrique]

9. dont these threads usually have visual aids?

or is it aides?

[gkhouston]

10. The aide got an electronic paper cut while cutting and pasting and needs a Band-aid. n/t

[MineralMan]

38. You rang? Here's a nice gray/grey scale as an illustration.

[Zorra]

11. Grate! Thanks! nt

[notadmblnd]

12. Where's the poster that was giving us English lessons earlier?

I'd bet he'd have learned something new reading this.

[MineralMan]

39. He's in message #38, but he didn't really learn anything new.

Gray/grey is an old issue, but both are correct.

[csziggy]

13. I've always preferred "grey" but my spell checker does not like it

The constant nagging is pushing me to change my ways. Perhaps I need to simply add the spelling I would rather use to the dictionary in the spell checker? :think:

[graywarrior]

14. Gray

as in graywarrior

[Shagbark Hickory]

15. I prefer to use x% black. For example, the background of this textarea is 20% black.

[wtbymark]

16. it's not really a preference

the proper english is grey
i grew up in upstate ny, thats what we were taught

[Cerridwen]

17. Grey as in Greyhound aka Mr. Cerridwen who is long gone from

this political, message-board "coil."

[Drahthaardogs]

18. Grey cause it makes me feel British

and feeling British makes me feel cultured. I am actually neither British nor cultured. I guess its my version of role playing.

[Auggie]

19. Grey is an Ad Agency known for it's dull work... quite the apt name

[HysteryDiagnosis]

20. Looks like a gray V train thread.... that was bad but that's all I got. n/t

[xchrom]

21. I learned it as a proper name was Gray - the colour was grey.

I had very old school teachers.

[elocs]

22. This particular word caused me a lot of anguish when I was 11

and thought I had been spelling it wrong when I saw the alternate spelling.

My own first name as an alternate spelling although mine is the most common here.

[Whisp]

23. grEy for England. grAy for America

[Cresent City Kid]

25. I'm going with "greigh"

I'll say it's Olde English, and see if it catches on.

[hunter]

26. #808080

#808080

[saras]

28. I prefer this version...

from greyorgray.com...

"What is the difference between grey and gray?

According to a survey conducted both in the U.S. and England,
many people believe grey is an actual color perceived as the hue of "silver",
and gray is a sliding scale of values from black to white."

That is to say, grey is a particular shade of gray, but not the most typical gray. Works for me. No point in having two words for the same thing if you can be more specific.

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. It's always been a gre...um, ..gra...er, well, you know, area.

:rofl:

[Pterodactyl]

30. Graie!

[Pterodactyl]

32. Ooh, ooh! Got another one: GRAHE. Or maybe GRAIH.

[Historic NY]

31. I used to be called out on writing proper Kings English on reports...

[shanti]

33. thanks for that!

i've always wondered about this spelling. gray it is :)

[Withywindle]

35. It's really hard for me to spell it 'gray' cause it looks wrong.

I blame an overdose of British writers in my formative years. "Gandalf the Gray?" I don't think so.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. My dog says RED

[JuniperLea]

40. I'm sure I must have adopted grey...

Due to reading olde literature:D

[Hubert Flottz]

41. TY...spell check told me I was wrong to spell it grey.

But I'd seen it spelllled boooth ways. It hurt my feeelings.