why is this not one way or the other?

addendum: wow, thanks everyone. I truly never knew it was a British vs. American spelling thing.

    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
      31·
      2 days ago

      This is correct, but for some reason in my head I think of gray as warm toned (like with yellow or brown undertones) and grey as cool toned (like with blue or purple undertones).

      I have no idea why my brain has decided this is the way.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      14·
      14 hours ago

      Fun fact: southern Americans speak English more traditionally than anyone else. The British have fucked up the pronunciation so hard at this point. Their spelling is typically more traditional though, yeah.

      • Codpiece@feddit.uk
        11·
        6 hours ago

        No, it’s evolved unlike American that had to be simplified for the general population.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          13 hours ago

          That doesn’t actually say that it isn’t the closest to a classical British accent. It only says it’s diverged from the modern one. Yeah, it isn’t the same as the classical British accent, but I believe it preserves more of the characteristics than other English accents have. They’ve all diverged, but some less than others.

          IIRC, there’s an island that’s very isolated in the US who’s accent is as close as possible to a classic British accent, but it’s a population of maybe a few dozen people, if that even at this point.