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"Gray" or "Grey"?

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iGas

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Grey is a colour, and gray also is a color.

I went with grey because the majority of the world use grey, colour, and metric. While, American use gray, color, and imperial measurement.

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Map of countries officially not using the metric system
 

Hayabusa Rider

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Grey is a colour, and gray also is a color.

I went with grey because the majority of the world use grey, colour, and metric. While, American use gray, color, and imperial measurement.

metric-system-1024x450.png
Map of countries officially not using the metric system

That's interesting, but I'm not sure what the metric system has to do with the preferred spelling of grey/gray.

As outhouse already pointed out it's a regional preference, but both are acceptable.
 

iGas

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That's interesting, but I'm not sure what the metric system has to do with the preferred spelling of grey/gray.

As outhouse already pointed out it's a regional preference, but both are acceptable.
It seems as if the US don't like to agree with the rest of the world on many things. It is a good thing that everyone is different unique, but we should agree on certain thing such as spelling/communication to minimize missed translation.
 
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acheron

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Generally "gray" is American and "grey" is British, but it's not set in stone.

I use "grey" and am American, though I probably spell it that way at least partially because of "Gandalf the Grey".
 

superccs

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IDK but if you look at the top or bottom of this post you will learn how to spell the word poll.
 

Fayd

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Grey is a colour, and gray also is a color.

I went with grey because the majority of the world use grey, colour, and metric. While, American use gray, color, and imperial measurement.

metric-system-1024x450.png
Map of countries officially not using the metric system

yeah, myanmar and liberia are in with a good crowd.