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

• jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • SingularEye@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    shakespeare spelled it “color” multiple times

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    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Case in point for his English being hard to understand

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  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • kunaltyagi@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bullshit. Yes there is.

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