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by Spixxy on September 21st, 2004

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Which is correct, gray or grey?

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  • by katscratcedme on December 7th, 2004

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    "Grey is used primarily in areas that use UK English. Gray is used primarily in areas that use US English." ––– (Kim Siever)

    That's right. I'm in Australia and doing a Master's degree in Writing at University (College) and we discussed this in class the other day, because a student wrote gray in a short story and was told to change it to grey.

    Similarly, if you are in the States you will be encouraged to use gray.

    There are many other differences too. For example, we write travelled, in the US it has only one 'l', there's centre and center, theatre and theater etc, colour and color, labour and labor, defence/defense, jewellery and jewelry, kerb and curb, litre/liter/metre/meter, tyre and tire and so on.

    The American spelling's often a little more phonetic.

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    • Quite correct. American English is more phonetic. It was changed to make the spelling of English easier

      Tuckstar

      by Tuckstar on November 19th, 2005

    • Litre and metre are the proper SI spelling; the US does not follow the international standard.

      RedJohn

      by RedJohn on March 10th, 2006

    • Good answer!

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on July 8th, 2006

    • 'center' and 'centre'....'tire' and 'tyre'.....aluminium and aluminum.... : )

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on September 17th, 2007

    • "The American spelling's often a little more phonetic."
      Sometimes we Americans have to have things spelled out phonetically or we'll be lost. :-)

      Aquatic Eagle

      by Aquatic Eagle on October 22nd, 2008

    • Actually "theater" refers the building and "theatre" refers to the art of....

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on December 7th, 2009

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