Mold vs Mould

[Ken]

This has probably been around before but here it is again.
Mold vs. mould American English has no mould, and British English has no mold. In other words, the word referring to (1) the various funguses that grow on organic matter or (2) a frame for shaping something is spelled the same in both uses, and the spelling depends on the variety of English

[Chill Wills]

Yup - I feel very friendly toward the British so I happily read and use them interchangeably - in cast bullet topics.
I do have my pet word peeves however.... Like Creedmore mistakenly used for Creedmoor. :veryconfu:razz::razz::razz:

[beezapilot]

British still pronounce Aluminum and centrifugal in very interesting ways- so did Americans until 1927 (if memory serves) when quite a few words changed spelling and pronunciation in this country. I've never encountered a moldy mould....

[Bob65]

In Australia we use the British English dictionary, but I use the mold/mould definitions. I didn't know that mold wasn't in the dictionary 'till I heard it here and looked it up.

Aluminum is both spelled and pronounced differently here

Aluminium - al-you-min-ee-um

Bob

[Nueces]

American English has no 'boolit' either. :mrgreen:

I like to use the Brit spelling when typing for the brethren. The word 'mold' calls up a miserable experience of 15 years ago.

[robg]

Two two or twenty two ? Carbine or carbean?

[Outpost75]

il carabino di liberazione = M1 Garand

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[brassrat]

My new Lee box and Dbl cavity is on desk and I am surprised it says MOLD. i never would have noticed

[RobS]

Whatever...........mold or mould, I read through the context of the sentence and move on.

[skeettx]

Lee says mold
http://leeprecision.com/bullet-casting/

NEI says mold
http://www.neihandtools.com/mold_info.html

LBT says mould
http://lbtmoulds.com/aboutus.shtml

SAECO/Redding says mould
http://redding-reloading.com/online-catalog/87-saeco-precision-bullet-moulds

RCBS says mould
http://www.rcbs.com/Products/Bullet-Casting/Bullet-Moulds.aspx

LYMAN says mould
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-blocks.php
(http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-blocks.php)

[ncbearman]

British still pronounce Aluminum and centrifugal in very interesting ways- so did Americans until 1927 (if memory serves) when quite a few words changed spelling and pronunciation in this country. I've never encountered a moldy mould....

Wait................. you were around in 1927 beez? WOAH! Just missed the war to end all wars.

[Doc Highwall]

I learned that mold is what grows in dark places, and mould is something you use to mould something.

[John Boy]

I do have my pet word peeves however.... Like Creedmore mistakenly used for Creedmoor
Look in some of the prominent vendor's catalogs or on their website ... Beech Front Sight ... with no correct spelling to the inventor and retailer of the Edgar B. Beach Combination front sight. Even Lyman when the patent expired!

[dragon813gt]

Aluminum is both spelled and pronounced differently here

Aluminium - al-you-min-ee-um

Bob

Check the periodic table of elements. It's spelled Aluminium. It comes up as an incorrect spelling on my iPhone. I had to add the spelling to the dictionary. I don't pronounce it the way you do but I do spell it that way :beer:

[OptimusPanda]

At least aluminum/aluminium is mutually intelligible, unlike tungsten/wolfram.

[Hickory]

If I can understand what a person is trying to convey in their post, it's good enough for me.
Besides, Mark Twain once said, "I never had much respect for a man who could only spell a word just one way."

[pdgh59]

Webster when compiling his dictionary decided to simplify spelling, or so I have been told.

[Green Frog]

Look in some of the prominent vendor's catalogs or on their website ... Beech Front Sight ... with no correct spelling to the inventor and retailer of the Edgar B. Beach Combination front sight. Even Lyman when the patent expired!

I believe Lyman was being crafty to try and avoid any opportunity for Beach to come back at them for patent infringement. Meanwhile, I can't even believe this conversation is being held on a forum where bullets are referred to as "boolits!" Just sayin'.

Froggie

[Petrol & Powder]

Whatever...........mold or mould, I read through the context of the sentence and move on.

Yep and they're both acceptable. However I can't bring myself to alter bullet to boolit. :-(

[Guesser]

You are telling me that if I don't address my tooling properly it won't work for me?????????? Keep moving......nothing to see here....

[Dale53]

Me? In one of the Forums I frequent (a GOOD Forum, by the way) someone opened a topic with the words "Smaller than deer" talking about small game. That just flat JARS me as the original quote was "Small Deer" (meaning small game is just as meaningful and satisfying from a sporting standpoint). I did a lot of small game hunting with a handgun and can TESTIFY that it is MOST satisfying. I thoroughly enjoyed taking my deer with a handgun, but also found it extremely gratifying to take cottontail rabbits, snowshoe rabbits, and grouse (as an example) with a handgun.

So, when I see "smaller than deer", it GRATES! On the other hand, the gentleman who wrote "smaller than deer" meant nothing derogatory.

So, I move on (more or less[smilie=1:).

FWIW
Dale

[too many things]

Its all about U

[bedbugbilly]

Kind of reminds me of the old saying . . . . "don't sweat the small things in life".

[Petrol & Powder]

Its all about U

:groner:

But that is funny

[Petrol & Powder]

Kind of reminds me of the old saying . . . . "don't sweat the small things in life".

I thought it was don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things?

[matrixcs]

How about GAGE or GAUGE.....
Looks like this topic could be going on for some time.[smilie=l:

[Golfswithwolves]

Some words sound alike but still must be written correctly or else you look uneducated (to/too, there/their/they're, your/you're for example). Mold/mould must get a pass though since our British friends were first with their spelling after all. They also like to spell color as colour, and do other such things too.

[ArrowJ]

However I can't bring myself to alter bullet to boolit. :-(

I tried it a couple times, but it makes me feel unedumacated.

[Grendl]

One of my pet peeves that I have seen is the lack of proper tense and the ignorance there of.....
I saw you, I have seen you, you will be seen, I see you;
I did not grinded anything.... you will grind, you have ground, I ground this, on and on and on
I have not casted anything... I have cast, you will cast, the pb is cast into gems of perfection.
Just sayin'
rick

[Doc Highwall]

I have to, too, two think about it!

[ArrowJ]

Related: I worked with a gal at the cable company that always told people that were paying their late bills that she could "cut their service on" for them. I waited until she was off the phone. Took a piece of paper and cut off the corner. Then I told her, "now you cut it back on".

[smokeywolf]

I use "mould" to identify something that is used to create a object of a particular shape.

I use "mold" to identify life form that typically grows in dark and perpetually damp place.

My peeve is not so much the difference between British English and American English, but illiteracy in general. How can one graduate high school and still write or speak, "Where you at?" or "Where was it at?".

[OptimusPanda]

Makes me wonder what action someone would take if you ask them to "draw you a bathtub of hot water".

[Mal Paso]

One of my pet peeves that I have seen is the lack of proper tense and the ignorance there of.....
I saw you, I have seen you, you will be seen, I see you;
I did not grinded anything.... you will grind, you have ground, I ground this, on and on and on
I have not casted anything... I have cast, you will cast, the pb is cast into gems of perfection.
Just sayin'
rick

Castigate?

[popper]

Mould container for making stuff. Mold verb for making stuff or noun bacterial collection.

[Aunegl]

The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw

[Screwbolts]

It's Boolitz, NOT boolits

Ken

[gwpercle]

If we are voting :

Mold......fuzzy green stuff that grows in damp places.

Mould....what you cast boolits with.

[Guesser]

Just to cloud the issue even farther......I find myself typing "LOOB" when talking of bullet lubrication; somehow it just seems more gooder that way!

[smokeywolf]

Thanks Guesser. First post in a long time that had me expelling my morning coffee through my nose.

Hard to blow my nose and laugh at the same time.

[oley55]

In Australia we use the British English dictionary, but I use the mold/mould definitions. I didn't know that mold wasn't in the dictionary 'till I heard it here and looked it up.

Aluminum is both spelled and pronounced differently here

Aluminium - al-you-min-ee-um

Bob

so I must ask, how would Munimula be pronounced down under?

btw that's a secret word spelled backwards. don't know why I still remember that from some obscure 1960s cartoon where one of the characters was from the Planet Munimula. go figure...........

[gwpercle]

Lee says mold
http://leeprecision.com/bullet-casting/

NEI says mold
http://www.neihandtools.com/mold_info.html

LBT says mould
http://lbtmoulds.com/aboutus.shtml

SAECO/Redding says mould
http://redding-reloading.com/online-catalog/87-saeco-precision-bullet-moulds

RCBS says mould
http://www.rcbs.com/Products/Bullet-Casting/Bullet-Moulds.aspx

LYMAN says mould
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-blocks.php
(http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/bullet-casting/mould-blocks.php)

NOE says mould

That makes 2 molds and 5 moulds....I'm going with mould !

[popper]

Hard to blow my nose and laugh at the same time. Nah, I do it all the time, add coughing and it gets real funny. Gotta keep those super-absorbent paper towels around to clean up the mess.
What bothers me is 'jest' instead of 'just'. Lets see how far that goes.
Wife's aunt always wanted to 'carry me' someplace.

[MaLar]

What do you guys think about when your asleep???

[gwpercle]

You don't have to be INSANE to belong to this site....but it sure help's !

Jest...a thing said or done for amusement , a joke . The court jester , played the fool for the kings amusement.
If you mean just and type jest , you just acting the fool or can't spell.
Gary

[Salmon-boy]

In the terms that might reach across political boundaries, I'm exercising my 1st Amendment rights to support the 2nd Amendment..

Personally as an American, I agree with gwpercle and see the spelling "Mold" as the primary definition, but "Mould" to disambiguate the second. Doesn't matter if it's British spelling or American spelling.

If you want to change my opinion, maybe there should be an additional amendment to the Constitution requiring a College Degree in English in order to be able to register to take a test to determine my abilities to express my opinion on word meanings. If that pans out, then maybe Hillary would not be running for Congress again.. Ever.. Again...

[Geezer in NH]

I have zero respect for someone who can only spell a word one way. :kidding:

[clearcut]

I got ripped hard for using boolits on a other forum.

CC

[TenTea]

For the carpenter in me.
167557

A moldy peach.
167559

A peachy mould.
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[TXGunNut]

I was once told that a mold was a product of a mould. Spellcheck disagrees but that's happened before.