Re: [OT] British vs. American English
On Sunday 02 October 2011 18:43:50 Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:34:23 -0400 (EDT), Lisi <lisi.reisz@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
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