Er, stepping on my own line:

> Some years back, I had some good-natured jousting in e-mail with noted
> Usenet figure Gharlane of Eddore[1], who had chided me on
> rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 about my use of Commonwealth spelling -- but
> certainly didn't allege that it was mistaken. I amused him and almost
> won him over with my declaration that of course I write 'grey' rather
> than 'grey': because it's much greyer that way.

        ^^^^  'gray'

See, even when I set out to adopt quaint USAnaian spelling, I sometimes
can't quite manage it.