why is this not one way or the other?

addendum: wow, thanks everyone. I truly never knew it was a British vs. American spelling thing.

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[–] 25 points 4 months ago (16 children)

. . . Unless you’re in the majority of the English speaking world, which includes India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Of course, grey is the appropriate spelling for all of those but Canada, which uses both.

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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Canada, which uses both

    græy /s

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Canadas english is weird

    Especially when it comes to measurements (weight, volume, mass, temperature)

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    A "Pint" of beer served commercially in Canada must be 20 imperial (UK) ounces (aka ~568 mL), with a 2.5% margin of error permitted within the law, unlike a US pint (16 US fl oz ~473mL).

    Just for fun, "Une pinte" of alcohol in French served commercially is "a quart" of alcohol in English which is double that value.

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