Re: CHAT: new names (was: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 22, 2000, 17:26 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> I'd thought the Americans always spelt the color as "gray" - but the
> exchanges in this thread have made me wonder if I'm not as mistaken over
> this as I was over 'gotten' versus 'got'.
Grey and gray are simple alternates with no difference in meaning or
pronunciation, at least, no formal difference in meaning - I've read
that some people get different impressions from the two spellings.
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