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This article uses the variant spelling grey, which is an accepted spelling in all varieties of English. According to Wikipedia's Manual of Style guidelines and general consensus, this should not be changed. Further debates on this matter serve little toward improving Wikipedia.

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (center, color, defense, realize, traveled) and some terms may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

On 22 December 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to Gray. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Canadian dialect

It is true that the word gray of canadian english is more correct by letter a than letter e as im grey for british dialect. I mean gray is reserved for north american dialect. 2404:8000:1027:85F6:40D9:1A4:1AF1:CBC9 (talk) 14:31, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Both are correct in either variety. Summer ^talk 21:46, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Dove gray" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Dove gray has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 29 § Dove gray until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 20:45, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

European English?

What? This should be British. 80.46.115.14 (talk) 12:12, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out English is also widely used in countries such as the Netherlands and Norway. 1101 (talk) 04:04, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NOT a requested move, but a request to switch from American to Oxford spelling

Since this page has so much discussion and conflict over English dialects and spelling variations, why not switch to Oxford spelling? It seems like a reasonable compromise for this very international page, and is used in science and by international organizations. Right now, the page seems to use predominantly American English but with title. What do you think? 1101 (talk) 05:19, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

British or American spelling?

Other than grey (accepted in even US English), which dialect does this article even use? The editnotice at the top of the talk page says American English, but the tag at the top of the article says to {{use British English}}. 2604:3D08:9476:BE00:1558:7B75:A113:A172 (talk) 04:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The editnotice was added before the British English template on the article page. I'm going to reasonably assume the editnotice takes precedence here in this case also considering that the article has used American spellings more often than British spellings from the beginning. The change to British English was done by an administrator here; I'm going to bring it up with them since I don't think the decision is proper. — rae^5e <talk> 04:36, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]