chal wrote:Danik wrote:You spelled 'spelled' wrong, it should be spelt 'spelt'...
You spelt "spelled" wrong, if you don't mean the hardy wheat.
Spelt definition, a simple past tense and past participle of spell.
You sir, refer to the noun : 'Spelt' : which is, indeed, a form of wheat.
In proper English, the correct form is 'spelt' :
For the damned colonials with their strange ideas, it is 'spelled' :
But, being chilled souls, with the relaxed attitudes of the people who gave the world Shakespeare, Lennon and afternoon tea, the British will generally accept both spellings knowing that, sadly, the colonials know no better.