Grey is a name
Have you often wondered "Am I spelling g-r-e-y correctly...or is it g-r-a-y?". How do you spell the color grey or gray? Well, the answer is they are both correct. There are two acceptable spellings. Gray is used primarily in the United States and other areas that use US English. Grey is used in Great Britain and areas that use UK English.
The only exceptions to these rules are:
1. Proper nouns such as a last name; Earl Grey and Zane Grey would not be spelled Gray and L.H. Gray must be always be spelled Gray.
2. Greyhound as in the dog breed.
3. Food irradiation (quantity of radiation energy absorbed by the food as it passes through the radiation field during processing). 1 Gray = 0.001 kGy = 1 joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of food irradiated.
When all else fails..
grAy is how it's spelled in America
grEy is how it's spelled in England
"Is it grey or gray?" is likely one of the most frequently asked questions in regards to common misspellings, however there are many other commonly misspelled words related to regional differences. In most cases American spellings seem to be a bit more phonetic. Here's a handy chart.
UK | US |
Grey | Gray |
travelled | traveled |
centre | center |
I say grey and I'm Canadian
The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700.[2]Grey is the British, Canadian, Australian, Irish, New Zealand and South African spelling, although gray remained in common usage in the UK until the second half of the 20th century.[3]Gray is the preferred American spelling, although grey is an accepted variant.[4][5]Gray became the preferred spelling in American English around 1825.[6]
Both are correct, "grey" is the UK spelling and the one I prefer. I really don't trust my fellow Americans with the English language..
That's the ugliest name everrrr!!!
Do you consider this short?