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Stripy or stripey anyone ?

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MissTree Sat 25-Jul-20 21:09:58
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I know less now than I did when I was young ! How did that happen ?
So is it stripy or stripey ? What do you write ?
I must admit I don’t write this word often. I would probably use ‘striped’ but my 3 year olds showed me their new book about stripy socks and it didn’t look right to me. Google wasn’t much help. Which one do you think is correct in the UK ?

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TwiceAsNice Mon 27-Jul-20 08:49:37

Definitely stripey

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MaizieD Mon 27-Jul-20 09:31:46

In UK English spelling 'stripey' is 'correct'. (My US spellcheck doesn't like it, though. ? ) Though, TBH, 'stripy' is phonetically correct too.

Actually, my spellcheck doesn't like either version, neither are in its dictionary. Which makes me realise that the more usual adjective is 'striped'

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Georgesgran Mon 27-Jul-20 19:21:11

Occasionally watch Gemporia and TJC and have seen both ‘smokey quartz’ and ‘smoky quartz’ items. I’d use the ‘e’ myself.

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Urmstongran Mon 27-Jul-20 19:57:10

Whisky or whiskey?
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I’d go for stripey. Otherwise it looks like strippy.

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Callistemon Mon 27-Jul-20 20:59:35

Whisky is Scottish and Whiskey is Irish.

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