rauls5@lemmy.zip to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agoNice try… Frito Laylemmy.zipimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down16
arrow-up1409arrow-down1imageNice try… Frito Laylemmy.ziprauls5@lemmy.zip to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s not random. Source am American that reads a lot. Noah Webster, in his efforts to standardize American English, simplified spellings by removing the “u” in words like “colour,” “honour,” and “favour”. I spell most words the British way. But it’s gray, not grey.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoIt’s grey never even heard of the gray spelling.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months ago“Gray” is the more common spelling in the US, “grey” is the more common spelling in the UK (and apparently Canada).
minus-squareTwinTitans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·9 months agoIn Canada, there’s a mixture of American spelling and Canadian spelling. I personally choose not to use the U because it looks ridiculous.
It’s not random. Source am American that reads a lot.
Noah Webster, in his efforts to standardize American English, simplified spellings by removing the “u” in words like “colour,” “honour,” and “favour”.
I spell most words the British way. But it’s gray, not grey.
It’s grey never even heard of the gray spelling.
“Gray” is the more common spelling in the US, “grey” is the more common spelling in the UK (and apparently Canada).
and australia/new zealand
In Canada, there’s a mixture of American spelling and Canadian spelling. I personally choose not to use the U because it looks ridiculous.