Gray or Grey
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I was in my Windows Programming (C and Win32) class today and stumbled upon a weird "issue" when selecting a
LTGREY_BRUSH, took me forever to figure out that I was supposed to useLTGRAY_BRUSH. Couple other students made the same mistake, so we were wondering what the difference is (other than spelling). Dictionary.com gives them the same definition. What is the difference? Does anybody know?Matt Newman
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Grey is British spelling (like colour). Gray is the American one (like color).
Thanks, though it seems odd that a bunch of American's were using the British version :)
Matt Newman
Matt Newman wrote:
Thanks, though it seems odd that a bunch of American's were using the British version
Lots of British spelling folks (including those in countries like India, Australia) seem to spell it as gray (maybe because of the strong American influence).
Regards, Nish
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Matt Newman
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No, it's a grey area.;P
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Grey is British spelling (like colour). Gray is the American one (like color).
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
No, it's a grey area.;P
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I was in my Windows Programming (C and Win32) class today and stumbled upon a weird "issue" when selecting a
LTGREY_BRUSH, took me forever to figure out that I was supposed to useLTGRAY_BRUSH. Couple other students made the same mistake, so we were wondering what the difference is (other than spelling). Dictionary.com gives them the same definition. What is the difference? Does anybody know?Matt Newman
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Grey is for a surname, gray is for a oclour. Elaine :rose:
Trollslayer wrote:
Grey is for a surname, gray is for a oclour.
So your saying im a colour? and a rather bland one at that! I used to work in a car yard, the guy who did the job before had the last name Black, the guy before him White. They used to say I was as good as the two of them combined :)
System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect
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Gray is a Scottish name, grey is a colour. The yanks just use gray for everything
System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect
Josh Gray wrote:
grey is a colour
I use grey, my peer yanks just correct me. :rolleyes:
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I was in my Windows Programming (C and Win32) class today and stumbled upon a weird "issue" when selecting a
LTGREY_BRUSH, took me forever to figure out that I was supposed to useLTGRAY_BRUSH. Couple other students made the same mistake, so we were wondering what the difference is (other than spelling). Dictionary.com gives them the same definition. What is the difference? Does anybody know?Matt Newman
No difference at all, they're the same thing. Either one is acceptable in the US, it isn't like color/colour where you'll get funny looks from Americans if you use colour. Just don't say Gray Cup, though ;)
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