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When describing my hair I don't spell it either way...I spell it blonde.
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John & Angela
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There are a few words that are spelled different in the US. Colour, Centre, honour, realize, paralyze etc.
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weathershak
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While we are on this critical subject...Why do they call it Black tank??? When I pull the valve, it looks brown to me, well with a hint of blue..
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Although the question has already been answered I thought the following is a clever way to remember the usage.
grAy is how it's spelled in America
grEy is how it's spelled in England
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wandering1
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look it up in the dictionary. How do you spell the color gray?
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Vulcaneer
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I speak several foreign languages fluently. They are British, Australian, Canadian english (Eh?). And many others non-fluently (French, Spanish, German Japanese, Polish. Actually these are limited to "Beer?", "Toilet?" Really all I really ever needed. That explains my level of expertise.
Using Thesaurus English(US) in M/S Word shows Gray as a Color. For the word Grey, the same Thesaurus shows no results were found.
In Words English dictionary it shows Grey as an alternative spelling for Gray. But does not describe Gray as an alternative spelling for Grey.
This tells me that Gray is the correct English spelling. And if you use Grey, you are speaking a second language. And if you are in any country, you should try to speak the native language.
If you are posting from a different country, your use of Grey is acceptable. But when your post shows up on a USA computer screen the bytes should show up as GRAY. Since this does not happen, I think Al Gore has some work to do on his internet invention. And a government grant will probably be issued.
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John & Angela
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Vulcaneer wrote:I speak several foreign languages fluently. They are British, Australian, Canadian english (Eh?). And many others non-fluently (French, Spanish, German Japanese, Polish. Actually these are limited to "Beer?", "Toilet?" Really all I really ever needed. That explains my level of expertise.
Using Thesaurus English(US) in M/S Word shows Gray as a Color. For the word Grey, the same Thesaurus shows no results were found.
In Words English dictionary it shows Grey as an alternative spelling for Gray. But does not describe Gray as an alternative spelling for Grey.
This tells me that Gray is the correct English spelling. And if you use Grey, you are speaking a second language. And if you are in any country, you should try to speak the native language.
If you are posting from a different country, your use of Grey is acceptable. But when your post shows up on a USA computer screen the bytes should show up as GRAY. Since this does not happen, I think Al Gore has some work to do on his internet invention. And a government grant will probably be issued.
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Gray.
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I really think that this is one of those gray/grey areas 
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pasusan
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wandering1 wrote:look it up in the dictionary. How do you spell the color gray?
Yes, but I'm not talking about colors, or words found in the dictionary. This is a particular name for a tank in an RV...
I did find this:
But, then, maybe this isn't an American company, I don't know. And maybe my confusion all stems from the fact that my trailer is Canadian and the manuals probably have it as grey.
This is a critical issue.  And - anyway I was told I could spell it however I wish. GREY!
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