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John D Harris · 05-23-2001, 01:44 AM

Donut,
It's not just limited to the US-UK ,in the southern US we spell it grey, colour ( at least until recently). Southern culture prefered the Oxford dictionary to the Webster's. thats where the Americanized spellings come from originaly. As you can tell from my posts I don prefer any dictionary

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"the memories of a man in his old age,
are deeds of a man in his prime"

05-23-2001, 01:44 AM	#17
John D Harris Ninja Storm Shadow Join Date: March 27, 2001 Location: Northport,Alabama, USA Age: 63 Posts: 3,577	Donut, It's not just limited to the US-UK ,in the southern US we spell it grey, colour ( at least until recently). Southern culture prefered the Oxford dictionary to the Webster's. thats where the Americanized spellings come from originaly. As you can tell from my posts I don prefer any dictionary ------------------ "the memories of a man in his old age, are deeds of a man in his prime"