• Forester@pawb.social
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          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.

          • Auli@lemmy.ca
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            It’s grey never even heard of the gray spelling.

            • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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              “Gray” is the more common spelling in the US, “grey” is the more common spelling in the UK (and apparently Canada).

            • TwinTitans@lemmy.world
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              In Canada, there’s a mixture of American spelling and Canadian spelling. I personally choose not to use the U because it looks ridiculous.

        • BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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          Wait you hear how us Canadians pronounce Lieutenant. I am almost 70. I was taught in school (Canadian) that is how you spell colour armour and a whole lot more. So easily forgotten things are after a couple/ of decades with our present and eroding school systems.

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      Where did you get this statistic? Sounds like bullshit to me. I have been making it a point to spell it with the Us all my life.