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manny-the-dino
post Apr 20 2008, 09:10 PM
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well...
is it grey or gray?

(i thought i'd make a topic that isn't focused on god, abortion, the upcoming election, etc. tongue.gif )


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post Apr 20 2008, 09:15 PM
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it's grey. gray is the american spin off spelling of the word.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 09:38 PM
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My second grade teacher told us that she used "gray" because it sounds like the letter "A" and therefore should have "a" in the word, and that has always stuck with me.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 09:42 PM
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i'm used to grey. also used to theatre.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 09:57 PM
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why is it in debate? what's there to debate about? the preferred spelling of a word? it's like color and colour or theater and theatre.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 09:59 PM
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I spell it both ways. Usually spell it gray. But I do spell it threatre, not theater.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 10:12 PM
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QUOTE(misoshiru @ Apr 20 2008, 10:57 PM) *
why is it in debate?
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 10:14 PM
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QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ Apr 20 2008, 09:10 PM) *
(i thought i'd make a topic that isn't focused on god, abortion, the upcoming election, etc. tongue.gif )


Oh, thank you. This is so much more interesting.

Someone kill me.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 10:16 PM
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sad.gif How does this topic have more replies than mine's. cry.gif

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=201271

Yeah, I use both grey/gray. It just depends how I'm feeling that day.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 10:17 PM
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Grey is a color, gray is a verb.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE(misoshiru @ Apr 20 2008, 07:57 PM) *
why is it in debate? what's there to debate about? the preferred spelling of a word? it's like color and colour or theater and theatre.


QUOTE(heartquasm @ Apr 20 2008, 08:12 PM) *
why is it in debate?



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okay i was just trying to be out of the ordinary & have this not be a "typical" deabate.
 
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post Apr 20 2008, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ Apr 20 2008, 09:08 PM) *
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okay i was just trying to be out of the ordinary & have this not be a "typical" deabate.

Well this is the Debate forum, and not the Deabate forum.
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 12:26 AM
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QUOTE(Tungster @ Apr 20 2008, 08:16 PM) *
sad.gif How does this topic have more replies than mine's. cry.gif

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=201271

Yeah, I use both grey/gray. It just depends how I'm feeling that day.

Yeah, I use both, also :x
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 12:28 AM
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QUOTE(Tungster @ Apr 20 2008, 09:10 PM) *
Well this is the Debate forum, and not the Deabate forum.

Lol, what? Same thing.
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 01:10 AM
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It's like one of those things, the difference of English and Old English.

Color or Colour
Theatre or Theater

I preferable spell it out as Gray. Although, at times, when I type the color out, I have the tendency to type "grey." lol.
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 03:04 PM
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I spell it gray. I've seen people of European descent spell it grey though, and Canadians. But by American standards, it's gray.
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 04:14 PM
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QUOTE(ersatz @ Apr 20 2008, 07:17 PM) *
Grey is a color, gray is a verb.

not really. there is no grammatical difference between grey and gray. as said in the other posts, grey evolved to its american counterpart, gray.

i'm used to grey though because most paints i've seen use "grey". so do most crayons, i believe. i just got used to it growing up.
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE(misoshiru @ Apr 20 2008, 10:57 PM) *
why is it in debate? what's there to debate about?
 
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post Apr 21 2008, 07:34 PM
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Grey, Theatre, Colour, Its all the same Olde English way of spelling things.

I use grey, although according to my spell check its gray.

I still prefer #333333 though.
 
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post Apr 22 2008, 04:47 AM
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i honestly type both.

colour and color
grey and gray
theatre and theater
favourite and favorite
 
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post Apr 22 2008, 05:23 AM
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this isnt really a debate. moved to the lounge.
 
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post Apr 22 2008, 08:57 AM
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I spell it both ways, usually. But most of the time, its gray. I spell theatre with a re, even if firefox spell checks everything I write, and that's one of the words with a red line underneath it. xD
 
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post Apr 22 2008, 01:00 PM
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Gray is the way the firerox spell checker has it whistling.gif
 
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post Apr 22 2008, 02:29 PM
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i use gray because my computer doesnt like grey
neither do my teachers
but i tend to type relised and ...i forgot what the other one was. XD

..but my computer doesnt like those words either
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neither does my country mellow.gif
 
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post May 3 2008, 09:51 PM
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I spell it 'grey'. Spelling it with an e just looks right to me.

I think it's a personal preference though... kind of like putting a comma before 'and' after listing a bunch of things.
 
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