Re: irregularities
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 12, 2001, 1:10 |
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In a message dated 6/11/01 2:28:51 PM, tommiepowell@JUNO.COM writes:
<< In my dialect, I'd use "spelt" in reference to writing, but I'd use
"spelled" to mean "temporarily took the place of" (as in "I spelled
her at the receptionist desk while she took a break") >>
<:O WHAT?!?! I could've never even dreamed up such a word in my life!
"Spelled...?" Like, from "take a spell", or "a resting spell"? How
perfectly quaint...
-David