the psychology of Gray/Grey

[Paul Frank]

Bob Haas:
> I use "theatre/theater" in exactly the way you mention, Lynne--theatre
> equaling drama and theater equaling edifice--despite knowing that there's
> essentially no difference.  But despite that knowledge, I still use both
> theatre and theater.  It just feels correct.
> But the whole grey/gray thing?  No diff.  I tend to use grey, but I
couldn't
> really say why.  Probably some suppressed anglophilic agenda.
> bob

No offence, but isn't theatre a tad pretentious? It's a pet peeve of mine,
though only in American English.

Curious,
Paul
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