Gray or Grey?

Adjective · Post by **Adjective** » 28 Sep 2015, 21:32

In America, it is more common for a person to spell or say the shade as "Gray". In England, it is the opposite as it is said or spelled most commonly as "Grey".

Which way do you say it?

RadiantFlash · Post by **RadiantFlash** » 28 Sep 2015, 21:32

Graey. :P

FriedKetchup · Post by **FriedKetchup** » 28 Sep 2015, 21:32

Graey.

Post by **Allan1234** » 28 Sep 2015, 21:55

Grey, HAIL THE COMMONWEALTH

Lord Lag · Post by **Lord Lag** » 28 Sep 2015, 22:01

Grey. Hail britannia!

TheTrueDisciple · Post by **TheTrueDisciple** » 28 Sep 2015, 22:12

Gray. Straight up for the USA! (Even though I don't technically live in the USA and I actually prefer Britain.)

Post by **Kyrac** » 28 Sep 2015, 22:22

Grey, and 'don't worry about it'.

johners12345 · Post by **johners12345** » 28 Sep 2015, 22:28

I have no fucking idea how I normally spell it. I guess i do it both ways.

KeyWii · Post by **KeyWii** » 28 Sep 2015, 23:20

Grey.

canon35 · Post by **canon35** » 28 Sep 2015, 23:38

Grey.

I also pronounce Z as "Zed", not "Zee"

1262 · Post by **1262** » 29 Sep 2015, 03:27

Aluminium.

TopHatPenguin · Post by **TopHatPenguin** » 29 Sep 2015, 03:43

Grey.

Westhybrid · Post by **Westhybrid** » 29 Sep 2015, 03:58

Magenta?

(Gray.)

UnknownMurder · Post by **UnknownMurder** » 29 Sep 2015, 08:21

http://grammarist.com/spelling/gray-grey/

Neither.
Gruy.

Post by **Lostmixup** » 29 Sep 2015, 08:57

It depends on the place you live. It's gray in 'murica (which is the right way obviously) and grey in M' britan.

andre1999 · Post by **andre1999** » 29 Sep 2015, 10:44

Grey, i didn't even know you spelled it "Gray" in US...

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » 29 Sep 2015, 11:02

Um.. this would explain why I always misspell it.

speedybst · Post by **speedybst** » 30 Sep 2015, 18:40

IDK lost, everyone seems to be agreeing with us that its Grey. Commonwealth spelling, all the way.

UnknownMurder · Post by **UnknownMurder** » 30 Sep 2015, 22:38

Grey is a name.
Gray is a color.

Take Jean Grey for example. (X-Men)

Meww · Post by **Meww** » 01 Oct 2015, 02:09

i....i mix it up depending on how i feel i guess. grey usually though.

speedybst · Post by **speedybst** » 01 Oct 2015, 19:13

UnknownMurder wrote:Grey is a name.
Gray is a color.

Take Jean Grey for example. (X-Men)

Of course, but allow me to use a bit of personal background to show you something else about that. Now, last names that are a colour (brown, white, grey, etc) that you see running around, are usually the result of a type of punishment from the UK region back in the 1200's and earlier. A punishment for an extreme crime within any family that held a title, lands and rank was to be stripped of them all, assigned a colour as a surname, and then to be exiled from the region, effectively reducing the entire family back to nothing. So, key point is, that's still a colour because those names were assigned centuries beforehand :P.
(as a sidenote from this, its always fun being able to explain just how badly one of my ancestors must have dun goofed)

TheTrueDisciple · Post by **TheTrueDisciple** » 01 Oct 2015, 19:26

speedybst wrote: Of course, but allow me to use a bit of personal background to show you something else about that. Now, last names that are a colour (brown, white, grey, etc) that you see running around, are usually the result of a type of punishment from the UK region back in the 1200's and earlier. A punishment for an extreme crime within any family that held a title, lands and rank was to be stripped of them all, assigned a colour as a surname, and then to be exiled from the region, effectively reducing the entire family back to nothing. So, key point is, that's still a colour because those names were assigned centuries beforehand :P.
(as a sidenote from this, its always fun being able to explain just how badly one of my ancestors must have dun goofed)

So then if multiple different families got the same color for a surname would they have been considered all related considering it was a punishment?

speedybst · Post by **speedybst** » 01 Oct 2015, 19:30

TheTrueDisciple wrote: So then if multiple different families got the same color for a surname would they have been considered all related considering it was a punishment?

Not to the extent of my knowledge on the matter, but this was the equivalent of capital punishment, so it was rare for it to happen - reason we have so many of those surnames running around now it because 800+ time between then and now. But yeah, bound to be repeated names, since there were only so many colours.

Sebro · Post by **Sebro** » 01 Oct 2015, 20:05

Grey, an I ain' neven brittish! God bless Canada-the land I wish I could live in. God dammit why do I have to live in America.

TheTrueDisciple · Post by **TheTrueDisciple** » 01 Oct 2015, 20:41

speedybst wrote: Not to the extent of my knowledge on the matter, but this was the equivalent of capital punishment, so it was rare for it to happen - reason we have so many of those surnames running around now it because 800+ time between then and now. But yeah, bound to be repeated names, since there were only so many colours.

True. Didn't know about that. You learn something new everyday. Thanks man.

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