On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:01:55 -0400 (EDT), Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
Well, I learned something. I've never ever heard an American use that word in that way. But I decided to check my dictionary, "Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition", copyright 1972. (I guess that dates me.) Anyway, there it was on page 1369: spelt - alt. pt. & pp. of spell And yes, spelled is pronounced just like you would think, similar to called. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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/1727415110.2248944.1317591145316.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
