How do you spell the color black and white make?

[eroomlorac]

I spell it 'grey'.

And I just now added it to my dictionary. Hahaha

 

[smhufflepuff]

Grey. I know it's un-American and all, but I prefer the e.

I wonder if it's part of what Noah Webster did. I took "History of the English Language" in college - long story short, Mr. Webster wasn't too pleased with the British and made purposeful changes to the American English language (like the whole colour/color thing) when composing his spelling and grammar texts.

 

[Ruby]

I use both, haha. Whatever I type at that moment.

 

[Claire D]

Grey

 

[Melissa]

Actually most "white" gravy is a bit gra[e]y. :laughitup:

Dirty white! Not grEy lol

 

[alli713]

I use grey, I just think it looks better haha!

 

[Spoof]

I think I use "gray' more due to coding. In HTML coding, all of the different shades of gray are labeled with the spelling 'gray'. But maybe I'll just stick to hex coding, much simpler!

Wow, for years I wondered why black/white/green/yellow/etc worked but never grey. Always hex coded for that reason, thought it was just unreliable.

Funny. I don't often read it spelt gray either, it breaks my reading focus by getting stuck in the its-not-spelled-right filter in my brain.

 

[Mt. Zion Chins]

gray for me

 

[aznmexaggie]

Gris.

Ok, I actually use both but I think I use gray more than grey.

 

[mishellyshel]

i use both too.

 

[Parkerspetchins]

I use grey for personal use and "gray" for work since the Munsell Soil Charts spell it that way ).

 

[Sandi]

I only use "grey" with the chinchilla community and my tea. ) Otherwise, it's just "gray"!

 

[TheNobleFight]

Grey. I know it's un-American and all, but I prefer the e.

I wonder if it's part of what Noah Webster did. I took "History of the English Language" in college - long story short, Mr. Webster wasn't too pleased with the British and made purposeful changes to the American English language (like the whole colour/color thing) when composing his spelling and grammar texts.

I took the same class, and you are absolutely correct.
At the time (late 1700's), there was a anti-British sentiment due to the revolutionary war. Webster had a unique viewpoint to this, as he was schooled at Yale during part of the War, and actually fought as militia for Connecticut. But like most of the great men and women at that time, he wanted to help build America as it's own foundation. A place that had it's own education, books, and history.
The only reason I see this "Broken English" trend continuing today, is that our education system in America is in serious decline. Look at AP news articles for example, they have an American editor in charge of web content, and rarely do I ever see an AP article with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This, combined with the fact that America has become the largest "Middle Man" in the world of business. All of our business is import/re-export and our industrial sectors like automotive are in serious decline. In this we need country's like England and Sweden to remind us of our language heritage.

 

[alpayton]

I just have to say...Crayola says it's GRAY!

I have always used gray....course I'm from the Southern US. We do everything weird down here.

 

[Laurie]

You said it not me Amanda! LOL!

 

[Jenn]

When in doubt, I check my kids' color crayons which spell it as gray. I think I mostly have spelled it this way, but have been confused from time about which is the appropriate way to spell it, and why the confusion even exists in the first place!

 

[Rebecca]

Grey. Many of my childhood books are in UK English, so I picked up a lot of British spelling habits early on. US schooling has broken most of the habits, though, and aside from "grey," the only one I cling to is "favourite" because "favorite" is ugly.

 

[lauralynne]

Tuh-may-toe, tuh-mah-toe. I use both. Although now that I sit here thinking about it, I'm wondering which I actually use more.
Can we just make the graey (hmmm, I'll just insert both vowels) shiny and call it SILVER?

 

[caballtaz]

I no longer have an opinion, because after reading four pages of gray vs grey I can't remember what I normally do! It's all mixed up.

 

[Jeanette]

Kinda like you have 'their' and 'there'

AAAaahhHHH!!!!!
*smashes head on the pavement*

Sorry. lmao. That's my biggest pet peeve.

their = possessive
"That is their dog"

there = indicating place or position
"Their dog is over there"

I'm a huge geek, I know.
That's just the smartalec linguist in me though.

ETA: lol... Sorry Mystic. I know that YOU know how to use 'their' and 'there'... it just bugs me when others use it interchangeably.