Gray/Grey

[Bob Fitzke]

And wasn't Tarzan supposed to be "Lord Greystock"?

Bob

"James E. Clapp" wrote:
>
> James Smith wrote:
> >
> > How does the American "gray" vs. British "grey" play
> > out in proper names?  The Salt Lake telephone
> > directory shows two columns of "Gray" but only about
> > ten "Grey". Is this relationship reversed in Britain?
>
> I don't know, but when delving into sixteenth century English
> history to research my recent column on the history and
> construction of the phrase "till death us do part"
> ( http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001013 )
> I was reminded that the only quasi-royal personage of either
> name that England has had was Lady Jane Grey.
>
> Browsing titles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, I see a bunch
> of English Greys--including a whole string of earls--and a
> bunch of American Grays.  But America does have Zane Grey, and
> England does have a few Grays, including Walter de Gray ("also
> spelled Grey") who was Chancellor of England under King John
> in 1205.
>
> James E. Clapp