4 ms·
Ironically enough, they also spelt the title wrong too. I guess this is one of those en-US-vs-the-rest-of-the-english-speaking-world weirdnesses? I've never s
by mattlondon 7y ago
Ironically enough, they also spelt the title wrong too.
I guess this is one of those en-US-vs-the-rest-of-the-english-speaking-world weirdnesses? I've never seen/heard "spelled" before in my native-English-speaking life as far I can remember.
- tropdrop 7y agoBritish is spelt. US is spelled. [1] [2] 1 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spell https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spell 2 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spelt https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spelt
- generatorguy 7y agoThe CBC should be using British spelling!!
- jkaplowitz 7y agoCanadian spelling is a hybrid of British and American. For example, centre not center, but aluminum not aluminum. For this particular word (spelled/spelt), British spelling allows both forms interchangeably, with spelled mildly preferred in Canada but both may be found: https://grammarist.com/spelling/spelled-spelt/ https://grammarist.com/spelling/spelled-spelt/
- mkl 7y ago> aluminum not aluminum Looks like you mean "aluminum not aluminium"?
- jkaplowitz 7y agoHah, yes. Thanks for the important correction!
- allannienhuis 7y agoI wonder if there's an east/west variation on usage in Canada. Out west here I've only seen spelled (and other similar words with ed rather than t) used. I suspect the closer to the maritime provinces you get, the more British influence on the usage.
- elliekelly 7y agoPerhaps they used the American spelling because they’re quoting an American?
- bitwize 7y agoAmericans almost never use "spelt", but in British English, "spelled" and "spelt" are both considered correct.
- tillinghast 7y agoOn the contrary, that’s the name of the grain, so that’s what I use. :-)
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- vizzier 7y agoPlenty of these: speeded vs sped / spilled vs spilt / learned vs learnt https://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html https://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.ht... Not sure if its a purely US vs common wealth thing, there seems to be plenty of variation within the populations of both.
- knolax 7y agoI always used speeded for the past tense of "speeding" as in breaking the speed limit and sped as the past tense of "speeding" as in the phrase "speeding past". Similar to hang/hung/hanged where hung is the past tense of hang unless in the context of hanging the form of execution, whose past tense is hanged. I wonder if there's a name for this phenomenon.