Mold vs. Mould

[suklee]

I did some googling and got mixed results.

"The cheese is moldy" or "The cheese is mouldy"?

"Plastic injection molding" or "Plastic injection moulding"?

Is this a simple British vs. American spelling discrepancy?

 

[Fausto]

Bob Mould > *

 

[Ogg]

Bob Mould rocks !!!!!!!!

 

[Mik3y]

where's the poll?

 

[Ogg]

oh shlt that freaks me out fausto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we must be brothers:Q

 

[SWirth86]

I always use mold.

 

[suklee]

poll added due to popular request

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
where's the poll?

Yeah. what he said.

Ah there it is.

 

[Colt45]

mold is the sutff that grows on cheese, a mould is what you form something in? or is that backwards?

hell i have no idea.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: Colt45
mold is the sutff that grows on cheese, a mould is what you form something in? or is that backwards?

hell i have no idea.

lmao that's exactly what I thought til I went searching on google and found interchanged usages...

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: Colt45
mold is the sutff that grows on cheese, a mould is what you form something in

 

[shenaniganz]

What does Google say?

 

[SuRgEoN]

Strange

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Ogg
oh shlt that freaks me out fausto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we must be brothers:Q

Nope. The truth is you're an attempt at cloning me (since I'm the perfect specimen) that went horribly, horribly wrong.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Fausto
Bob Mould > *

About what I was thinking, though Richard Thompson > Bob Mould > *

 

[Ninjja]

Being English (although living in NYC), I'd like to say that yes, it is a simple English v. American discrepancy. We write mouldy

 

[maziwanka]

mold!!!!

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: Ogg
oh shlt that freaks me out fausto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we must be brothers:Q

Nope. The truth is you're an attempt at cloning me (since I'm the perfect specimen) that went horribly, horribly wrong.

EVIL CLONE VOICE

I'm coming for you douche !!!!!!:evil:


/EVIL CLONE VOICE:evil:

 

[Babbles]

I used to work in a laboratory where we did analysis of molds and I have never seen it spelled mould. Then again I didn't play around with stuff very much.

 

[AdamSnow]

Here is what I think...

Mold - Gross stuff on bread, cheese... etc.
Mould - A mould... like what they make stuff out of...

 

[Howard]

Both are correct, according to Merriam-Webster. However, since it states that "mould" is a variant of "mold", just stick with "mold".

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Mould is the British version of mold. That's it. Game over, man, game over.

 

[tami]

what in the world is a mould? british spelling?!