word choice - Which is the correct spelling: "grey" or "gray ...
2013年3月19日 · The British National Corpus has 5445 cites for grey and 1092 cites for gray. The Corpus of Historical American English, on the other hand, paints the following picture: (X axis: …
What is difference between "gray" and "grey"? [duplicate]
2016年6月12日 · Interestingly some correspondents used both forms [grey and gray] but with a difference of meaning: 'the distinctions most generally recognized being that grey denotes a …
Is there a name for spelling differences in words like _grey/gray ...
Is there a categorical name for differences in the spelling of a word when the word keeps the same meaning and the same sound?
Gray or Grey, Which one should I use? [duplicate]
2015年6月28日 · For most people, gray and grey are simply different spellings of the same word. *Both spellings are used for the participles, grayed/greyed and graying/greying, as well as for …
colors - Why do Americans call hair that turns white ‘gray hair ...
On the other hand, many of the hits on search for the "grey hair" refer to hair that has lost its original color due to aging: In Greek mythology, the power of Medea, the sorceress who fell in …
etymology - Why is the surname Gray more common than the …
2014年9月1日 · Recorded as Gray, Graye, Grey, Greye, de Grey, MacGray, McGray, McGrah, McGreay, McGrey, and possibly others, this ancient Anglo-Scottish surname has at least two …
What is the origin of surnames based on color?
2011年10月15日 · I am Half Irish and Half German also White could be German but my Irish whites are not Germans. But Color surnames are Saxon or Celtic names too of Color …
Why did "sceptical" become "skeptical" in the US?
2011年8月4日 · This change was made along with many different words (e.g. colour to color, grey to gray, -ise to -ize) "Sceptical" changed to "skeptical" due to Noah Webster's spelling …
etymology - Where did "duck, duck, gray duck" come from?
2013年10月25日 · Duck duck grey duck did not diverge from duck duck goose. Duck Duck Goose came from Duck Duck Grey Duck, but people forgot what the game was actually about and so …
punctuation - Usage of hyphen when naming colors - English …
2014年3月18日 · It's a compound adjective as in blue-green algae; can also be used as a noun for that shade of color. --> use hyphen. --> use hyphen. In teal blue 'teal' is a particular shade …