On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 12:36:39AM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 09:56:31PM -0500, Ken Weingold wrote:
>
> > > Grey isn't the correct way to spell the color name? Oh. . .
> >
> > <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=grey> It's either.
>
> Oh, okay ... so it's not some sort of regional thing, I take it?
>
> I can't seem to find our American Oxford Dictionary, so I can't really
> follow up authoritatively (since Webster doesn't even claim to be
> authoritative, as we all know - it's always important to read the fine
> print in America, after all).
>
> - Dave
>
Even the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives both as valid
variants.
Learn something new everyday... I would have gone with grey, simply
because it seems less American ;)
dc
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