Re: irregularities

At 5:31 pm +0100 11/6/01, O'Connell James wrote:
>Yes, In Britain it would definately be spelt 'spelt'
>:)
>As would learnt, dreamt etc.
Absolutely - and it's spelt 'spelt' because that's how it's pronounced  :)

But I got so fed with up with north-Americans saying they thought I was
talking about a kind of wheat, that I often spell it 'spelled' in email to
avoid the meaningless replies.

Ray.

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A mind which thinks at its own expense
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