It all started with this tweet from @thoka_2 asking people one simple question:
What is the difference between "gray" and "grey"?
Luckily, Merriam-Webster stepped in to explain things:
Yeah, it's a USA vs. world thing.
Some people were thankful for clearing up this confusion.
Other people, "true word enjoyers" to be exact, said they knew it all along.
And then you had the crowd that doesn't care because they use both.
A bunch of people in the replies explained that they consider "gray" to be a name and "grey" to be the color.
You have the people bringing up that this is the same rule for the words "color" vs. "colour."
And this person asked the question: "I need help understanding how the letter e makes the sound ay. Do they pronounce it differently too?"
Lastly, there were the usual comments roasting Americans:
"it's ridiculous how the U.S has to be different with literally everything."
Anyway, another day, another lesson learned because of the...dictionary. Thank you, Merriam-Webster!
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