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Which do you prefer?

Grey
24 (72.7%)
Gray
9 (27.3%)

Total Members Voted: 33

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jitspoe

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Grey vs. Gray
« on: May 07, 2008, 05:09:30 PM »
Poll pretty much says it all.  Which spelling do you prefer (for the color)?

Spook

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 05:25:57 PM »
I use gray, but to my knowledge, aren't both acceptable?

eradicator

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2008, 05:38:41 PM »
Grey just looks better.

Cameron

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2008, 06:38:46 PM »

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2008, 06:49:57 PM »
what the hell is Gray?

y00tz

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2008, 07:06:01 PM »
Grey, also the last name of my best friend

jitspoe

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2008, 08:33:56 PM »
I use gray, but to my knowledge, aren't both acceptable?
For the most part.  I'm just curious what people preferred.  It seems "gray" is used more often, but I prefer "grey" myself.  "Gray" is just one letter away from "merry", and in my mind, pronouncing "merry" with an "r" in it just doesn't seem right.

Edit: haha, word filter got me.

y00tz

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2008, 08:51:30 PM »
Owned :P

eMo

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2008, 09:28:35 PM »
I don't think we even use Gray in Canada....

Cameron

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2008, 09:41:01 PM »
Gray means a different word here in Australia

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2008, 10:52:54 PM »
Grey is a well good way to express the colour, it is.

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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2008, 12:05:59 AM »
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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2008, 01:15:48 AM »
Gray means a different word here in Australia

It does?

Cameron

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2008, 01:33:22 AM »
Yeh, English teacher taught me that.  Trying to figure out what it meant again.

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2008, 04:49:20 AM »
it gets amusing when both spellings are used in a single document, as I have seen before at work.

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2008, 04:55:57 AM »
Poll pretty much says it all.  Which spelling do you prefer (for the color)?
hahah you know wats funnier... in aus we spell color... colour

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2008, 05:03:24 AM »
yeh, and favorite is favourite in Australia.  And the word filter rejects it with the u.

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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2008, 10:27:00 AM »
Well, commonwealth countries use colour, honour etc.

I personally prefer grey.

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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2008, 09:55:35 PM »
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Re: Grey vs. Gray
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2008, 06:52:58 PM »
Gray is a color, and grey is a colour, duh!

(I *think* I remember something about "gray" being an american derivation of the original. :-)