Plans C, D and E; E-Risk; Snooze/Lose

[Jesse Sheidlower]

> GRAY/GREY MARKET
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>    Louise Kehoe's Column, "In San Francisco/Eagle Eye," FINANCIAL TIMES, 11 October 2000, pg. 15, col. 5, has:
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>    Online retailers selling "grey-market" goods, which are outside distribution agreements, are a lot more difficult to track down than bricks-and-mortar stores.
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>    Why wouldn't the FT use "gray" market?

Because it's a British publication and _grey_ is the standard British spelling.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED