{"id":23407,"date":"2011-11-02T20:30:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/and-the-skye-is-grey-er-gray.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T00:26:07","slug":"and-the-skye-is-grey-er-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/and-the-skye-is-grey-er-gray.html","title":{"rendered":"And the Skye is Grey &#8230; er, Gray?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I tend to use &quot;grey,&quot; but I blame JRR Tolkien and Chris Claremont.<\/p>\n<p>#ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbritishisms.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fgrey.jpg%3Fw%3D300%26h%3D300' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/britishisms.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/13\/grey\/'>\u201cGrey\u201d<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe color or colour between black and white. 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