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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colorway is used in British English (have some relatives there) same as grey and [b]colour[/b]. You don't have to use it here.
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If we're going to talk about annoying words, can we add the use of British spelling when you're in the US and not British?  "Colour"  "Favour" "Neighbourhood"  One summer in London does not a Brit, make. [/quote]

While we are at it, spelling "gray" as "grey" when you are American.[/quote]

I’m American and I have a total mental block as to which is the American spelling.  I would have to look it up.  I think I use grey more often.  I had the same problem with [b]judgement[/b] but then had a boss who viewed that extra e like wire hangers so she cured me of that one.[/quote]

Whoops! Not a Brit, but have always spelled it this way (which isn't too often as I'm not in law.)

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I'm an American who lived in England for a few years growing up, which started me off on the wrong foot.  Then I worked at the U.S. State Department for a time as an adult, where random words were spelled in British style (e.g., cancelled instead of canceled).  Now I am confused about spelling forever.  I would say "colorway" about wallpaper and not "colourway," though![/quote]

If you need a trick for grey/gray.

greEy: England
graAy: America[/quote]

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