is it spelled "grey" or "gray"?

Maybe they actually mean "then." As in after they mix American and British spellings to piss people off with nothing better to do, they attack people for their spelling choice.

Split infinitive? To boldly go or to go boldly? If it’s intelligible I’d let it slide - second languages and all that.

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.

I’m sorry.

But the Scottish want to claim something English as theirs? When did that start?

it's a mnemonic to help people remember, not pedantry

English as in England, the country

Only if we’re very inclusive in our definition of “English”.

Sadly because of learning materials and the media, a lot of mainland Europeans that learn English often learn American English mannerisms. I remember in college there was a girl everyone thought was American to begin with but she just happened to be Spanish.

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted either.

To answer your question it’s neither and both. I can appreciate it might seem pedantic from an American point of view, but not from ours. It’s our language, created here and named after us, it doesn’t require the British/European prefix. It is simply English.

American, Canadian and Australian English should have suffixes as simplified variations of the default.

That looks awesome though

“Both” in Canada is Gray and Gris

That’s what Seal’s rose was on.

What’s wrong with Canada’s weights and measures?

Everything is in SI units.

Unless you’re cooking, where heat is in Fahrenheit, solid measures are in cups teaspoons and tablespoons (but liquids are in litres and weights are in grams).

Or in construction, where you work in feet and yards. Or measuring a person’s height.

But while someone might be 6’ tall, their stride length will be in metres, as will their arm span.

So yeah; simple. It’s not like Canada has tons of people weighing in tonnes.

No need to downvote this comment

Even canadians agree that we have a weird mix of different systems in play

Hey at least you're not still measuring weight in stone. Nothing makes me roll my eyes quicker. Oh you're ten stone? How neat im 2 boulder and 3 pebble.

henry gray, the author of the iconic medical text.

albert grey, former governor general (ca). the grey cup (cfl championship game and trophy) takes its name from him.

And it's agreed that both Grey and Gray are acceptable variants, and they will be right up until they aren't for one arbitrary reason or another.

Here to give you a boost away from the downvotes.

Lawsuits are won and lost over grammar and spellings. Constitutional crisis happen over the question: is the text to be understood in the time period of writing or reading (because the meaning of words shifts over time)

shakespeare spelled it "color" multiple times