Re: irregularities

Scriptasit Sarra Speluncani:

>Scriptavit Davidion Petrofilius:
>
>> 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
>
>David, how is "burned" a noun? (puzzled)  Do you mean
>a participle?
I think he means "verb", not "noun".

In any event, I use burnt for both most of the time. Not
that I _ever_ burn the macaroni! ;)

Padraic.

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