Gray or Grey?

[Red Cedar 1,408]

Grey, the way it supposed to be spelled in English.

[Prospekt 11,017]

I always use gray. Grey just doesn't look right to me (unless it's used as a surname, in which case I won't judge).

[Jeric 46,850]

Græ!

 

I'm Canadian, so it's a bit wibbly for me. Sometimes it comes out with the American spelling, sometimes with the British spelling. I just remind myself that the spelling of this particular word wasn't fixed until about 1950 or so. Even in British English the spelling was variable until then.

I find myself switching too, but most of it I think is due to my fondness for reading dead people's mail. Seeing it varied all over different correspondence from the 18th to 20th century is kinda cool.

 

Unrelated but I'm glad certain habits died out, like adding 'ical' to every other word.

[Grepper 3,192]

I don't write the word down very much.

Because I'm American, I try to use the American spelling (gray) when I do use the word.

Edited July 28, 2016 by Grepper

[Thuja 3,658]

I tend to use both but I type grey more than gray, considering I use only two fingers(on each hand) and my thumbs to type

[CT-1138 3,182]

The easiest way I remember it is: 

 

grAy if you're an American

 

grEy if you're English. 

 

Yes, sometimes life really is just that easy.  

Edited July 28, 2016 by Dinos4Ever

[silvadel 1,393]

I don't know about your guys but for me, 'gray' seems happier and hence less grey than 'grey'.

I hope that makes sense.

 

Actually, I could see the two splitting off to mean two different but similar things.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,242]

I guess I have been using it wrong the whole time. XD Well, sorta. I always use Grey. For some reason the 'e' is more appealing to me.

[Celtore 2,770]

I got sick of fumbling in essays and papers whenever I had to spell grey, so I decided to just spell it like the tea. It's an easy way for me to remember for consistency (plus, that's the proper spelling in Canada anyways)

Edited July 28, 2016 by Celtore

[Rawzy 1,302]

I thought everyone spelt it "Grey". "Gray" sounds like someone's last name

[Brightbart 268]

I spell it as 'grey'. As far as I know both are acceptable spellings. 

[Teavvi 627]

GREY!

Obviously...grey is the fabulous spelling. 

[Dreambiscuit 9,556]

GREY all the way! I've always spelled it this way and it feels more natural. My word program always 'corrects' it for me to spell it 'gray' and I don't always feel like changing it back, but grey is really the only way to go in my opinion. 

[Wingnut 6,961]

I use mostly American English, as I am from the states, myself. However, I always use "Grey". I don't know why, and I don't remember if it's always been that way. XD

LOL, I am almost the exact same way!    I sometimes will spell words like "centre" or "harbour" but mostly in a facetious effort to be linguistically artistic or something.  But for whatever reason, "grey" is my personal preferred spelling for that word. 

[KatieBelle 302]

When I first read this topic "grey" looked correct... But then "gray" started making more sense.

 

Now they both look wrong.

 

I don't know what to think. ;-;

[Ankha 35]

It's grey you uncultured swines.

[DubWolf 17,203]

I would have thought the polls would show the two spellings to be used about the same, but it looks like thats not the case .

[Jeric 46,850]

It's grey you uncultured swines.

Teddy Roosevelt may have politically positioned himself as the voice of the common man, but he was far from uncultured.

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

Hmm rat's color. (Just kidding, but that's what it is called in Japanese )

 

I know there is a UK and US spelling difference, and being from the US, I guess it would be "gray" (I had to lookbun the topic to make sure). I guess gray. Grey however, is occasionally used by me too.

 

Confession, I actaually like using terms and spelling not native to the US dialect; mostly UK terms if I choose. I probably sound like an idiot.

Edited July 30, 2016 by Namae

[El Duderino 879]

I... don't know how I spell it. I think I've used both spellings. I'm going to assume I've sued "grey" more because that just seems better when I look at both spellings.

[Daring_Do 552]

Gray is the correct spelling.

[Varrack 1,080]

Gray because 'Murica. It wasn't until I used the Internet more that I realized "grey" was a thing.

[Sekr Gray 520]

The answer is obviously Gray 

 

 

 

Your answers have been catalogued. 

You will all be dealt with accordingly in due time.

 

 

 

Gray is supreme!

 

 

...except this guy. He's cool.

 

 

 

[twiia 1,842]

I used to spell it as gray, but nowadays I spell it as grey.

[Brianna Changeling 131]

I spell it 

with an

"a"

*GREY* :3