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 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.  )post away! |
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Apr 20 2008, 09:15 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
it's grey. gray is the american spin off spelling of the word.
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Apr 20 2008, 09:38 PM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
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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Apr 20 2008, 09:42 PM
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i'm used to grey. also used to theatre.
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Apr 20 2008, 09:57 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
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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Apr 20 2008, 09:59 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I spell it both ways. Usually spell it gray. But I do spell it threatre, not theater.
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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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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. )Oh, thank you. This is so much more interesting. Someone kill me. |
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Apr 20 2008, 10:16 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
 How does this topic have more replies than mine's.  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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Apr 20 2008, 10:17 PM
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 Ms. Granger Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 735 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 165,238 |
Grey is a color, gray is a verb.
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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?  okay i was just trying to be out of the ordinary & have this not be a "typical" deabate. |
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Apr 20 2008, 11:10 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ Apr 20 2008, 09:08 PM) 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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Apr 21 2008, 12:26 AM
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QUOTE(Tungster @ Apr 20 2008, 08:16 PM) How does this topic have more replies than mine's. 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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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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Apr 21 2008, 01:10 AM
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 sang loves hayden. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,373 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,687 |
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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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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Apr 21 2008, 04:14 PM
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‹(. .)› Group: Official Member Posts: 2,367 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,089 |
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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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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Apr 21 2008, 07:34 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
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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Apr 22 2008, 04:47 AM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
i honestly type both.
colour and color grey and gray theatre and theater favourite and favorite |
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Apr 22 2008, 05:23 AM
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 i did your boyfriend Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,335 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,071 |
this isnt really a debate. moved to the lounge.
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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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Apr 22 2008, 01:00 PM
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 Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
Gray is the way the firerox spell checker has it
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Apr 22 2008, 02:29 PM
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 <joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
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 =/ neither does my country 
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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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May 3 2008, 10:51 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I always put a comma before and when listing things. That's how I was taught, and then in middle school they tried making us all leave out the comma. I like it, though, that most people don't care too much.
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May 3 2008, 10:58 PM
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 crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
^SAME HERE. now i'm confused if we're supposed to leave a comma before the last item in a list
 anyways, i always use "gray." wanna know why? because in the fifth grade, on a spelling test, i thought it would be cool to spell it "grey" and the teacher marked me off a point. i had to speak to her about that and got the point back. yup. |
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May 3 2008, 11:34 PM
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I really don't know, but I think "grey" looks a lot better
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May 4 2008, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE(karmakiller @ May 3 2008, 08:51 PM) I always put a comma before and when listing things. That's how I was taught, and then in middle school they tried making us all leave out the comma. I like it, though, that most people don't care too much. Same here! I learned it that way in elementary school and I guess it just stuck. I had a discussion with some friends about it one time (weird, I know haha), and one of them pointed out that it seems like you're saying "and and" with the comma. But in my teacher for my Academic Reading & Writing class always puts commas in... so I guess I'll stick with her. =] |
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May 4 2008, 05:06 PM
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 An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I spell it whatever way I want at the time but I guess I was wrong to do so because of what ersatz said.
QUOTE(ersatz @ Apr 20 2008, 11:17 PM) Grey is a color, gray is a verb. Thats very interesting I didn't know that. |
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May 4 2008, 06:04 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Teesa, I'm sure I've had that happen to me before. When I was in second grade, I think, my teacher would always pronounce the "thee" and it would drive me nuts for some reason.
I guess the "and and" thing with placing a comma before and makes sense. |
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May 5 2008, 12:11 AM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
"I like oranges, apples, grapes, and peaches."
To me, that's like saying "I like oranges [pause] apples [pause] grapes [pause] [reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally long pause] and peaches." One of my elementary school teachers trained me to write it without a comma, I think, but I have no idea if it's one of those weird Canadian/not Canadian things. Like centre/center. Grammar is weird. Semicolons pwn. |
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May 5 2008, 09:20 AM
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 Cornflakes :D Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,541 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 322,923 |
gray
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May 5 2008, 10:41 AM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
when i was in canada i was already used to spelling it colour, centre, theatre, etc. and then i go to the states and i want to spell it like that, but i'm a bit skeptical of getting points taken off or something.
have you guys ever gotten points taken off for it but convinced the teacher that it was correct? |
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May 5 2008, 11:11 AM
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 mercenary on call Group: Member Posts: 926 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 447,606 |
QUOTE(NoSex @ Apr 20 2008, 11:14 PM) Oh, thank you. This is so much more interesting. Someone kill me. lmao. grey. Just someone go look it up in a dictionary and it will be finalized |
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May 5 2008, 05:23 PM
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Cornflakes :D Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,541 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 322,923 |
It doesn't matter which way you spell it, I suppose its a matter of preference.
A way to think about is this: Gray is a color. Grey is a colour.  I think thats how it goes
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May 5 2008, 05:33 PM
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I say grey but my teacher corrects me and says gray
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May 5 2008, 06:10 PM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
QUOTE(coconutter @ May 5 2008, 08:41 AM) when i was in canada i was already used to spelling it colour, centre, theatre, etc. and then i go to the states and i want to spell it like that, but i'm a bit skeptical of getting points taken off or something. have you guys ever gotten points taken off for it but convinced the teacher that it was correct? Well, I live in Canada, so it's not an issue. Although I'm sure if I spelled it as "center", I wouldn't get any marks taken off. It would just be actual spelling mistakes like "alot" (how people even get this wrong...I have no idea) and "dissapointing" (this one makes me cringe!). |
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May 5 2008, 10:14 PM
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I've always used "centre" for the actual building, and "center" for an area of something (does that make sense?). I've never switched the spellings for the two different meanings. Again, I think it's a personal thing.
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May 5 2008, 10:35 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
Grey in literature (ha dumb word).
Gray in informal writing. |
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May 6 2008, 02:57 AM
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 </Hayley> Group: Member Posts: 128 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 481,581 |
I say 'Grey' =]
Now this word is starting to look strange to me, the fact i've been reading and saying it to myself. haha. It's just like, tomato, fruit or veg. Most people say it's a fruit. =\ But if it were upto me, i'd say vegetable. |
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