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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

How about we rename Light Bluish Gray to Light Grey, and retain the "A" for the
older color:

Light Gray (1970s through 2003)
Light Grey (2004 though the present)

That would be hilarious! And terrible.

We could call retired colors 'colours' too. It would be a theme.

The only Greys on BrickLink are Gandalf and Phoenix.
Jen

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peregrinator

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Feb 17, 2021 16:53

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

How about we rename Light Bluish Gray to Light Grey, and retain the "A" for the
older color:

Light Gray (1970s through 2003)
Light Grey (2004 though the present)

I have a hard enough time telling them apart as it is...

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cosmicray

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Feb 17, 2021 16:47

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, gogogovro writes:

In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

I am not trying to stir up bad feelings or cause trouble, but the reality
is that if we change our names to suit some users, we are causing problems for
others. It's like BrickLink's XP wanted to dumb down our catalog structure
so that newbies have less trouble. What they ended up with was a mess! There's
a balance and I think much of what we have built here is good for most of us
and occasionally confusing for new people.

I think the OP should also consider the irony in Jennifer not thinking this is
a good idea, having been involved in the last change AND having th store name
“OLD GREY BRICKS”.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

How about we rename Light Bluish Gray to Light Grey, and retain the "A" for the
older color:

Light Gray (1970s through 2003)
Light Grey (2004 though the present)

If memory serves me correct, there was some lack of continuity in the names of
the original greys, back in the first 12 or 24 months of BL. I think they started
one way, and got flipped to the other spelling.

Then bluish arrived, and kicked the cart over big time (i.e. a significant group
of early adopters of BL were miffed at the change of the greys, and made their
feelings known … vociferously)

Nita Rae

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Admin_Russell

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Feb 17, 2021 16:34

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In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, gogogovro writes:

In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

How about we rename Light Bluish Gray to Light Grey, and retain the "A" for the
older color:

Light Gray (1970s through 2003)
Light Grey (2004 though the present)

Author:

LegoLDK

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Feb 17, 2021 16:29

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In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, LegoLDK writes:

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

By your own way you mean in proper English english?

Yes! For certain, I read a lot more books by English authors than any other.
I have no idea where else my preference may have originated.

So, I blame Miss
Austen et al.

Jen

Miss Austen does tell a good tale. Why hasn’t Lego done a Pride & Prejudice set?

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SylvainLS

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Feb 17, 2021 15:46

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In Suggestions, LegoLDK writes:

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

By your own way you mean in proper English english?

Isn’t “English English” the proper English English way to write “English English”?

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jennnifer

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Feb 17, 2021 15:35

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In Suggestions, LegoLDK writes:

Ha, ha! You got me. And, I spell the Gray my own way too. Nothing but trouble
here.

Jen

By your own way you mean in proper English english?

Yes! For certain, I read a lot more books by English authors than any other.
I have no idea where else my preference may have originated.

So, I blame Miss
Austen et al.

Jen

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brickerking

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Feb 17, 2021 15:10

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In Suggestions, LegoLDK writes:

Love it. I particularly liked the “ if someone’s name is Grey you shouldn’t change
it to Gray because you think it’s spelt incorrectly” tip.

That writer is committing name-ism. If I think your name is Gray, and you think
it's Grey, who are you to tell me what I should think. I'll speak my
truth, thank you very much.

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LegoLDK

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Feb 17, 2021 15:02

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