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Re: irregularities

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 13, 2001, 23:10
In a message dated 6/13/01 9:20:03 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Now, what about "burnt"/"burned"? Both spellings are considered correct,
right? For some reason, /b@(r)nd/ sounds wrong to my (non-native) ears - I
say /b@(r)nt/. What about you natives? >>

    "Burnt" is an adjective; "burned" is a noun.

-David

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