Poll: How is it spelled: Grey or Gray?

[Shapsters]

Depends whether you're British or American. I'm British, so it's 'grey'.

What about Canadians, we pronounce it grey I believe.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

depends really, tho i use grey more than gray

 

[VincentX3]

I never used "Gray" before, that's normaly a person's name.
"Grey" would be correct for the color.

 

[Blue Sonnet]

"Gray" is exclusively an American variation of the colour "Grey". You can look into it as much as you like, but the bottom line is that "Grey" is the correct, English spelling, and "Gray" is rarely found outside of the U.S. when used to describe the colour.

As per Wiki -

Grey (international and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only ? see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white.

Aside from names and occasional incorrect use, "Gray" is never used outside the U.S.

 

[crudus]

I chose the last option since they are both appropriate spellings of the word with different meanings.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I've never seen it spelled with an "a" I never even knew it could be written any other way.

I live in Georgia as well, and I've never seen it spelled Grey. Weird haha

 

[yosophat]

I've never seen it spelled with an "a" I never even knew it could be written any other way.

I live in Georgia as well, and I've never seen it spelled Grey. Weird haha

Well to be honest I didn't learn English in GA and the only times I've seen it spelled are on the Greyhound buses and Grey's Anatomy, back when it made sense.

 

[Jerious1154]

I think I generally use gray, but I've never really thought about it.

My American copy of Microsoft Word tells me that it's gray.

 

[Cabamacadaf]

I use both but mostly gray.

 

[That One Six]

Depends on my mood and company.

 

[Mozared]

I looked this up once and this seemed to be true;

Depends whether you're British or American. I'm British, so it's 'grey'.

I tend to use the (mostly) Brittish variety of the word, as it blends in better with the use of other Brittish words like "Humour", "Lieft" and "Tea".

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

I just use gray. Though I do have this box of crayola crayons in which grey and gray are distinct colors (grey is slightly lighter).

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

I've never thought about this before, but now both versions look wrong to me. I hope your happy, OP!

 

[Moderationintime]

i would say grey

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

I've never thought about this before, but now both versions look wrong to me. I hope your happy, OP!

Well, if both versions look wrong, how would you spell it?

 

[ElephantGuts]

Holy crap I never even realized there was a difference. I can't even think of which one I use. This is pretty wierd. Mindfuck, man.

 

[Zetona]

Grej, with appropriate accents, is far more awesome. And Eastern European.

 

[UAProxy]

Yes.

 

[The Blue Mongoose]

In Australia the colour grey is spelt with an "e".

 

[Link Kadeshi]

Isn't there a "q" in the word?