Comment on is it spelled "grey" or "gray"?

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  All language is made up. There is no ‘correct’.

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  • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Standardisation of language is not pointless. Shared standards serve concrete functions:

    • When 8 million people write “colour” the same way, you don’t pause to decode variants
    • Technical manuals, legal documents, medical instructions need precision—ambiguity costs lives
    • Cross-generational understanding: Shakespeare’s English is already hard without adding modern variation to the mix
    • Standardized spelling keeps homophones distinct (their/there/they’re)

    Standardisation of language isn’t about one version being inherently right. It’s about shared agreement that enables function at scale.

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    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And it's agreed that both Grey and Gray are acceptable variants, and they will be right up until they aren't for one arbitrary reason or another.

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    • SingularEye@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      shakespeare spelled it “color” multiple times

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      • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Case in point for his English being hard to understand

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    • kunaltyagi@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Here to give you a boost away from the downvotes.

      Lawsuits are won and lost over grammar and spellings. Constitutional crisis happen over the question: is the text to be understood in the time period of writing or reading (because the meaning of words shifts over time)

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  • Auli@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bullshit. Yes there is.

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• Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Buddy we got the spelling from you before you decided to deep throat the French and copy their spellings

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  • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m not English.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    1066?

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No we don’t. Grey is the only way.

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