On Sunday 02 October 2011 18:43:50 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:34:23 -0400 (EDT), Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... the length came over form [from] France, > > but a good deal more recently than 1066, and is spelt metre ... > > Is "spelt" a typo, Lisi? Or is that the way you spell it? We > would use "spelled", not "spelt". To us, "spelt" is a grain > (wheat, rye, spelt, etc.). And to the best of my knowledge, that > is the only meaning of "spelt" in American English.
No,it wasn't a typo. We spell both spelt and spelt s-p-e-l-t. I.e., both the past participle of spell and the early form of wheat. We also pronounce both the same way. I imagine that spelled is pronounced differently from spelt. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201110021901.55540.lisi.re...@gmail.com
