How to pronounce grey in American English
GRAY
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Americans pronounce grey as GRAY (/greɪ/).
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"A big grey dog."
uh BIHG GRAY DAHG
"Eight grey plates were placed on the table."
AYT GRAY PLAYTS wer PLAYST ahn dhuh TAY·buhl
"Ignore the angry ghost in the grey garage."
uhg·NOR dhee ANG·gree GOHST ihn dhuh GRAY guh·RAHZH
"Paint the gate with the same shade of grey."
PAYNT dhuh GAYT wihth dhuh SAYM SHAYD uhv GRAY
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Is the American pronunciation of "grey" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "GRAY" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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