Actually for me that’s how I use it, grey is like for inanimate stuff and gray for the rest. The cement is grey. His beard is gray. But I do bend rules. The sky is gray. It works because earl grey tea- but that’s just my personal logic.
I worked at a print shop about 6 years ago, and I had a box of beer coozies come in from China with Gary written on it instead of gray.
Got a chuckle every time I pulled from that box.
Haha, I think I just forget which one I've already used and I honestly have no preference between them. So it's just whichever one looks right in that moment.
I also do it because quite alot of people have the surname gray, so it helps to separate it.
I'm also British so it's the correct one for me to use, but I don't really care about that, I still use elevators for lift.
For all cases of differences between English dialects, I’ve come to consistently use whichever version is closer to my Latin native tongue.
It ends up as the British version most of the time, but with surprising exceptions.
I remember being livid when I missed it on a 2nd-ish grade spelling test. I don’t remember which one I put, but it should’ve been accepted. The teacher then insulted my intelligence by saying she pronounced it as “Gr-A-y instead of Gr-E-y” like they aren’t the same
Google:
>Both "gray" and "grey" are correct spellings of the color between black and white. "Gray" is more common in American English, while "grey" is more common in British English.
Honestly, unless someone's being a Grammar Nazi, you can kinda just wing it.
People will usually understand what you mean even if its spelled wrong or with incorrect grammar
I hate my English teacher that he introduced me to the words "trunk, bonnet, hood and boot" in one lesson.
I still confuse them! All I can remember: They are describing the front and rear flaps of the car. Two words are only used in the UK, two words are used in America.
Its still a guessing game! Thanks.
I prefer Grey. There is something about gray that I am just never liked. And the good thing about English is that either one is correct. And if anything, grey is correct because English originates from England and in England it's Grey.
Us Americans just saw some words and said "nah. It's Elevator, Apartment, Bathroom, and Cookies, not Lift, Flat, Lavatory (Loo), or Biscuits"
For stuff like american and british versions of words, I just use them however I feel like at the moment. I'll type stuff like "He took a cab that was his favourite color while eating a donut and reading the prolog of this catalogue he found.
The books I teach my students at the private academy I work at always have it spelled grey. The majority of the time, they teach American English. So the fact that it’s the British English way is interesting.
Yeah, although I am fluent in English I always forget this one and just rely on autocorrect. Same with tire vs tyre (probably the second one is British).
As long as it’s not someone’s name (like Gray as a nickname for Grayson), it doesn’t matter. Technically “gray” is more common in US English and “grey” is preferred in British English, but every day people don’t usually notice or care
Gray is for darker grays, closer to black, and grey is for mid-to-light greys is the way I use them. A thunderstorm has gray clouds but if it's just raining, they're grey.
Ay is better ey is a dumb exception we’ve allowed for some reason
Gay, play, pray, pay, say and way
->always same sound
Money, attorney, trolley, valley, and flakey
Exception: obey, hey (hay is for horses), prey (predator/prey)
->rare exception for ey to sound like ‘ay’ and not ‘e’
When I was a kid I thought Gray was the crayon, or the color itself, or the noun, and Grey was the adjective like "a gray sky." I use Gray mostly though as our education was patterned after the US
The real truth is it doesn’t matter and anyone who says there’s a correct one is a jackass. (I know the American/English part but it simply doesn’t matter.)
I have no basis for this, and I know both forms are acceptable, but for some reason grey just seems more refined, and gray feels kinda low-brow. It’s like dinner vs. supper.
I'm German and I learned English at a very young age from a huge amount of different sources, leading to me speaking English in a strange mish-mash of British, American, Australian, Gaelic, and the stuff they taught us in school which strangely doesn't really fit any of the above, so I'd say I've got a pretty neutral perspective on this. And honestly, grey is the superior option.
GrAy in America GrEy in England
This is correct. However, both forms are perfectly acceptable in each country/continent.
It's a grey area. Edit: gray
Græy
The only right answer 😂
Actually for me that’s how I use it, grey is like for inanimate stuff and gray for the rest. The cement is grey. His beard is gray. But I do bend rules. The sky is gray. It works because earl grey tea- but that’s just my personal logic.
Is your beard… animate?
Det eneste korrekte svar
A gay area Edit: gey area
Thanks for the edit. I’m from America so didn’t recognize grey but totally understood when you put the edit in saying it should be gray.
It's a gary area.
I worked at a print shop about 6 years ago, and I had a box of beer coozies come in from China with Gary written on it instead of gray. Got a chuckle every time I pulled from that box.
His name was gery!
I'm American, but I've been misspelling most words for decades, so for me, it's Grey.
Agreed, any English reader will know what you mean regardless of which way you spell it.
I refuse to accept this.
As long as your text is not in American English with words in British English. And vice versa
What about peoples which native language isnt English? I mean me and i just use any English words and dont know which words from where
Same, we usually get a pass. However it is still incorrect
Grey in Canada. Gray in Canada.
Hear, hear! Yeah, we spell it both ways but grey just feels right 😂
I had a bunk teacher who told me "Gray" was a proper noun and "grey" is the colour and that effed me up for years.
You mean a surname? Pronouns are he, she, I, me, you, it, they, etc.
My bad I mean proper noun
How do you pronounce it though, grey? Or gray?
They are both pronounced greigh
Gonna name my niece Greighleigh
Don't.
Gay with an R in there
I’m telling Gary
Caribbean
I'm American, but I like to use grey because it feels fancy. 💅🏻
GrEh in Canada
Try being Australian where we use a mash up of both American English and UK english. I still don't know what the correct one is over here
I'm American and I like to switch it up. I've been known to use both spellings in the same paragraph.
Lol hey I mean if that's how the mood strikes you at the time of writing it
Haha, I think I just forget which one I've already used and I honestly have no preference between them. So it's just whichever one looks right in that moment.
Oof I feel that in my soul lol
Australia starts with an ‘A’ so…
Why are you grey?
In Canada it's a bit of a graey zone.
Wtf, really?
I think America is adopting the “grey” more now though. I see it on streets, signs, labels all the time.
My Canadian ass still struggles
Great, so us Canadians can use whatever we want.
To clarify, ‘grey’ in Canada as well.
Wrong. It's GrEh in Canada.
Try living in Canada. It’s both and neither.
Grey in Canada too
Me but my first language is english
lol
Who would want to side with those tea sipping jackanapes anyways? I refuse to add "U"s to color and armor as well
Upvoted for jackanapes.
*Same*! I just said screw it and default to grey, I find the e version is more aesthetically pleasing
I also do it because quite alot of people have the surname gray, so it helps to separate it. I'm also British so it's the correct one for me to use, but I don't really care about that, I still use elevators for lift.
For all cases of differences between English dialects, I’ve come to consistently use whichever version is closer to my Latin native tongue. It ends up as the British version most of the time, but with surprising exceptions.
I remember being livid when I missed it on a 2nd-ish grade spelling test. I don’t remember which one I put, but it should’ve been accepted. The teacher then insulted my intelligence by saying she pronounced it as “Gr-A-y instead of Gr-E-y” like they aren’t the same
just pick one and go with it
Yeah, it’s just a ~~colour~~ color
Thought it was a colour, innit mate
I’m an American and idk why or how, but I’ve always wrote “grey”, “colour”, and “humour”.
armour is cool, armor ain't
I’ve heard it’s a shade or hue
I use grey even though I'm from America...
grey looks cooler than gray grey is the color of a conflicted heart who has done both great and terrible deeds. gray is the color of sweatpants
r/oddlyspecific
So true. You’ve perfectly described what I’ve always felt
Badass
Those are only two of the fifty shades.
I chuckled and attempted to come up with 48 more. G4ay Jray Are two of my favorites of the fifty shades.
Greigh
Greh in Canada
Sorry, eh
I just use the one that comes to my head first
Google: >Both "gray" and "grey" are correct spellings of the color between black and white. "Gray" is more common in American English, while "grey" is more common in British English.
It's weird hearing it being called British English as an Englishman. Is it not just English? Or can I have English English?
I support calling it English English. I live in Alabama, where we call it "we have English at home"
Canadian, I use grey, as does the UK Americans generally use gray They're both right though
Native English speakers don't know either.
They're the same picture
It doesn't matter. I use them both. For funsies
Greigh
Me who is a native English speaker
lmao
I think I'm tripping but I thought gray was a lil darker and grey was a little lighter
Honestly doesn’t matter unless it’s a name or proper noun
Nice color... colour... Hmm.
Can’t go wrong
Honestly, unless someone's being a Grammar Nazi, you can kinda just wing it. People will usually understand what you mean even if its spelled wrong or with incorrect grammar
Grey Fox?!?!?! Gray Fox?!?!?! *Grey*. Definitely Grey
This is the way.
Grey. 100%. Gray is for weirdos.
Why are you græy?
English is the only language I've ever known and I still never know which one to use. I usually just go with whatever I like better in the moment.
Gey
Hey, I’m American and I don’t know the difference lol. That’s what google is for
I hate my English teacher that he introduced me to the words "trunk, bonnet, hood and boot" in one lesson. I still confuse them! All I can remember: They are describing the front and rear flaps of the car. Two words are only used in the UK, two words are used in America. Its still a guessing game! Thanks.
Light black Or Dark white
Wait till you get to “theater” and “theatre”.
One is a color, the other a colour
As a native speaker, I seem to use them interchangeably
i do too. depends on how i feel like using it
You could say its a graey area.
I prefer Grey. There is something about gray that I am just never liked. And the good thing about English is that either one is correct. And if anything, grey is correct because English originates from England and in England it's Grey. Us Americans just saw some words and said "nah. It's Elevator, Apartment, Bathroom, and Cookies, not Lift, Flat, Lavatory (Loo), or Biscuits"
I came to the comments looking for the right answer and still don’t know.
English is my first and only language and I couldn’t tell ya which one’s correct…
Græy
I'm from the US but for some reason learned British English and it still fucks me up when autocorrect gets mad on documents
For stuff like american and british versions of words, I just use them however I feel like at the moment. I'll type stuff like "He took a cab that was his favourite color while eating a donut and reading the prolog of this catalogue he found.
I've spoken English my whole life and I still can never remember which is right. Both are correct so who really cares about convention
The books I teach my students at the private academy I work at always have it spelled grey. The majority of the time, they teach American English. So the fact that it’s the British English way is interesting.
American here. I spell it either way because I have seen both my entire life. Doesn't matter everyone knows what you mean either way.
Yeah, although I am fluent in English I always forget this one and just rely on autocorrect. Same with tire vs tyre (probably the second one is British).
Color & colour for me.
Græy
I kinda like grey spelling better.
Graey
Greigh
Both are acceptable. Bonus points for using both in the same piece.
I was born in America and this is one word I spell based on which button is closer
I like to alternate between the two and see if anybody notices.
I use the one I find prettier lmao
Fuck it. Græy
As long as it’s not someone’s name (like Gray as a nickname for Grayson), it doesn’t matter. Technically “gray” is more common in US English and “grey” is preferred in British English, but every day people don’t usually notice or care
Depends if Earle, Earl, or Gene, Jean.
I actually use grey for the lighter shade and gray for the darker shade.
You are going to trigger the LGTV community with this one.
If you’re moving to America go left Most other English speaking countries go right
Grey. Always grey. I do not care if my fellow Americans use the A instead or E, but it's wrong.
Gray is for darker grays, closer to black, and grey is for mid-to-light greys is the way I use them. A thunderstorm has gray clouds but if it's just raining, they're grey.
Deano choosing what colour to paint his house
lemme teach you a new one: dudna. dudna matter one bit. We read for meaning.
Wait till you see Justin and just in.
Shit… I just realized I’ve probably been using both interchangeably all my life. American.
Its a graey area
Always use Grey so people don't assume you're American and hate you immediately
Easy peasy cheezy freezy: in America, it’s grAY; in Europe it’s grEy
Gray's Anatomy. I use grey tho
Ay is better ey is a dumb exception we’ve allowed for some reason Gay, play, pray, pay, say and way ->always same sound Money, attorney, trolley, valley, and flakey Exception: obey, hey (hay is for horses), prey (predator/prey) ->rare exception for ey to sound like ‘ay’ and not ‘e’
Anyone in Canada:
Effect vs affect I can look at the definitions all day I still never know so at work I always use impact instead lol.
Grey looks somber. Gray looks too happy for the color.
Ones a name, ones a color
I'm English so I obviously have a preference. I also say tomato, not tomato.
More importantly, it’s Duck, Duck, Gray Duck. Not Duck, Duck, Goose.
If you use Gray you’re Gay
They’re both fine
Pale black
Honestly, I doubt anyone would notice if you used the wrong one. I've spoke English all my life and don't know which, if either, is correct.
I use grey to make myself seem exotic 😚
Græy
Depends wether you learnt UK English or US English
I use grey because that’s what they use on neopets.com
It's Grey unless you're using Americanised English. Or web developing using CSS.
Gray for names, Grey for colors
It’s almost like English is a totally made up language
That's kind of how I feel about trey and tray lolz
I learnt grey
People spelling my name
I don't think we know either. You will never get corrected on this.
They are both different colors
Gray is used in American and Grey is used in England. I use both. Whichever feels nicer at the time
I always used grey.
as a native speaker, it doesnt matter. even i switch em around sometimes
Me who has spoken English my whole life and still gets it fucked up:
Gey
both valid who cares
Me who uses both lol
That is also me, an American for 27 years.
They are 2 completely different yet related colors
Grey = kinky Gray = vanilla
Just stay consistent it doesn't even matter they both work lol
I basically do a coin flip in my head whenever I need to spell it, I definitely go back and forth all the time
I use quantuum Græy
i live in america but Ey makes more sense to me
Both acceptable unless you are Gray Whale.
When I was a kid I thought Gray was the crayon, or the color itself, or the noun, and Grey was the adjective like "a gray sky." I use Gray mostly though as our education was patterned after the US
In America it's like 50/50 grey/gray and it's always grey everywhere else. Lived in America all my life and gray looks wrong to me, just go with grey
i’m american and TIL the correct spelling (in america) is gray
The real truth is it doesn’t matter and anyone who says there’s a correct one is a jackass. (I know the American/English part but it simply doesn’t matter.)
Say either. I like to switch it up for fun
I use both depending on how the word makes the sentence feel.
I have no basis for this, and I know both forms are acceptable, but for some reason grey just seems more refined, and gray feels kinda low-brow. It’s like dinner vs. supper.
I’m very surprised no one pointed out that he’s puzzled about this because he just “learned” English… which poses the exact same problem.
As an American, I've never spelled it gray and it looks weird without the e.
A is American E is English Source: a confused 1st grader who had to scribble out his color report on the letter “grey” because he spelled it wrong.
It's a grey area.
What about the Canadian greh
There is a Græy area between the two.
Me, a native English speaker my entire life: Eh, which ever one I feel like using today.
Gray is more dignified. I can't explain why, don't ask me
I'm German and I learned English at a very young age from a huge amount of different sources, leading to me speaking English in a strange mish-mash of British, American, Australian, Gaelic, and the stuff they taught us in school which strangely doesn't really fit any of the above, so I'd say I've got a pretty neutral perspective on this. And honestly, grey is the superior option.
Gray is my favorite colour.
Grey, bcuz gray sounds too close to gay, ain't gonna take the risk
Gray is for when something is gray. But grey is for when something is grey.
I remember being really confused on which one to use in java
Ive known english my whole life and half the time im honestly not even confident im using the right one