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If we're getting cranky about spelling, it's "spelled". Spelt is an ancient variety of wheat. "Gubment" is pretty silly, though.
by eric_the_read 13y ago
If we're getting cranky about spelling, it's "spelled". Spelt is an ancient variety of wheat.
"Gubment" is pretty silly, though.
- anamexis 13y agoAs long as we're continuing to be cranky about spelling, "spelt" is a perfectly valid British spelling of the past participle of spell.
- eric_the_read 13y agoYeah, but you guys went and replaced the perfectly cromulent "aluminum" with "aluminium", so already I am suspicious.
- dreamfactory 13y agoaluminum sounds illiterate
- omarchowdhury 13y agoLaughing My Ass Off
- ihateaccount 13y agoSpelt is the correct spelling in British English (and most of the commonwealth). There is a vast world outside the US too. http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=SPELT%2BSpelt%2Bspelt%2CSPELLED%2BSpelled%2Bspelled&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&share= http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=SPELT%2BSpelt%2...
- eric_the_read 13y agoI was partially taught by British teachers (I still can't spell 'neighbour' without a 'u' and my 'colour' waffles fairly evenly with and without it). I just can't keep track of every variation, sorry.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoI dunno, is an intentional phonetically accurate representation of dialect rather than being a mispelling, a bit like Yorkshire's t'internet.