Is it mold or mould?

[nvbirdman]

The title says it all. I'm too old to change the way I spell, but which spelling is correct, and which does everyone prefer?

[OS OK]

They are both correct...'mould' comes from older English, I think...the computer dictionary recognizes mold as a hollow container to give shape to molten metal and at the same time you go to Wikipedia and it says mold is a fungus...I prefer mould as it is the way I was taught last century...

[Shopdog]

Is it color or colour?Sort of depends on one's perspective n'es pas?

[MyFlatline]

Or the spelling of potato

[Beerd]

yes.
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[Nueces]

Mould calls up just the tool for me, but mold also calls up black slime. I use mould here and elsewhere if talking about bullet casting. I mean, jeez, if we can spell it boolit, certainly we can get away with a Queen's English rendition of mould.

[gwpercle]

I was pondering that very same question...amazing how great minds think alike !
I don't care what's politically correct or what that wikipeedia says here is the way I learned it and I'm not going to tell my teachers they were wrong...cause they aren't.

Mold - the green stuff that grows on bread , cheese that's been in the ice box too long and what they make penicillin from.

Mould - What I cast boolits, sinkers and fishing jigs in. Lyman, RCBS and NOE all refer to them as moulds ....so that's what they are. ( only Lee calls them molds but what does he know)
I will now and forever more call them boolit moulds.

Gary

[Shopdog]

Mouldings is still used in upper end architecture,BTW.

[bangerjim]

Mould is English. Mold is American. Depends on which side of the pond you are.

Similar thing goes for cast vs casted. I have cast many boolits. I like to cast boolits. I will cast more tomorrow. All are correct in today's modern pros. Casted............not so much.

"I cast my fishing line into the air.............not planning to catch my derriere.
If I had casted, maybe perchance............I would not have snagged my underpants!"

bangerjim
poet "lariat"

[Hickory]

Either is fine.

[Bazoo]

I say call it a mould... unless im searching for something online, then i'll search both spellings to be thorough.

[dbosman]

As a kid we had four channels. ABC, CBS, NBC and Canada something. I grew up with colour, sulphur, and other English pronunciations as the cartoons were on the Canadian channel.

[Cleatus]

Since every place I've purchased a mold from calls them bullet molds, I call them molds.

[rockrat]

I use mould for the item and I am mold(ing) boolits. Heck, even NOE calls them moulds

[lefty o]

Or the spelling of potato

tater, solves all problems.

[Shepherd2]

We use a mould to cast bullets. Mold is that black stuff that grows in damp places.

[redhawk0]

In today's millennial acronym world...we should just call them CBM for Cast Bullet Mould (Mold) (M)....

I really don't care how we spell it or what we call them...mold is faster to type cuz its got one less letter....and my spelling $ucks anyway. I ain't none to good at gramer neither. But me english makes me what I are.

redhawk

[mold maker]

Mold, taters, maters, samich, If ya know what I mean. Otherwise, I can be as proper as anyone but have gotten lazy in my old age.
If I offend anyone, there is always the ignore list, and I wont even know.

[Reverend Al]

Mold - the green stuff that grows on bread , cheese that's been in the ice box too long and what they make penicillin from.

Gary

When I read your comment above I couldn't help but think of a popular rhyme from my high school days ...

Today's Bright Kids

Go to college to continue your knowledge ...
To become a person bright, brave, and true ...
For if they can make Penicillin from moldy old bread ...
SURELY they can make something out of YOU!

[John Boy]

If the Ideal catalog used the word 'moulds' in 1897 - believe they knew what they were advertising