I’ve always thought that mold is the fungus, and to mould is to shape. When talking about it with my colleagues yesterday, I was surprised that this isn’t common. Most people use one of the two spellings to refer to both.

Doing a quick search on duckduckgo also confirms that:

In my quest to prove them wrong, I was surprised at how wrong I was… until I discovered a few people on the internet who said the same thing:

I’m not looking for what’s correct or incorrect anymore, I just find it very fascinating that there are some people who use the words similarly to me, but the vast majority of others who use it in a different way.

So: what’s the difference between mould and mold according to you?

  • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
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    17 days ago

    I am also aware that they are spelled the same, but I consciously use a U only for the organism.

    For what it’s worth, I’m Canadian, so nobody would bat an eye here at using either the American or British spelling of things.