How to spell: gray or grey?

[1200monkey]

How do you spell the damn word!?! gray or grey?!?!

 

[AmazonRasta]

I think it's one of those Canadian vs. American spelling things (like colour vs. color). I am not exactly sure though. I've always spelled it grey.

 

[FirmPete]

grey

 

[bigbootydaddy]

i work for a cataloguing company, we standardize big comanies inventories like grainger, wesco, mro

we always use gray, its a thing that constantly pops up.

 

[thereds]

grey hair

gray pants.

get it?

 

[jonnyGURU]

More typically "gray" is used. I use "gray".

But technically "grey" is more appropriate since the word is derived from the middle English word "grei" which obviously has no "a" in it.

 

[AmazonRasta]

Actually, thereds, I don't get it . Care to explain?

 

[Electric Amish]

Either is acceptable. I prefer "grey".

amish

 

[Modeps]

both are acceptable.

 

[rlism]

either is fine

...and ygpm hehe

 

[Elledan]

I thought that 'grey' is British English and 'gray' the American version, just like in American English 'colour' is changed into 'color'.

Luckily it is acceptable to use both.

 

[Static911]

grey

static911

 

[SUOrangeman]

So, is your favourite color grei?

-SUO

 

[layne151]

grey!

 

[kbm5]

Gray!

After all, there is an "A" sound in the word, isn't there?

I'm American, and I love my phonetics!

 

[1200monkey]

I like the comment about the word 'colour' being Canadian. LOL.

 

[Cyberian]

<< Gray!

After all, there is an &quot;A&quot; sound in the word, isn't there?

I'm American, and I love my phonetics! >>



Why isn't phonetically spelled phonetically??

 

[Aenygma]

Both are acceptable.

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

g - h - e -y

g - h - a -y doesn't make sense, so obviously the first

 

[cipher00]

According to Webster's, GREY is a variant of GRAY.

Me, I like grey.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Right, but if you look up Gray, it says it's a varient of Grey!