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Re: I'm sorry, I laughed when I read this...
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Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:22:14 GMT
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> And before the rest of you criticize Chris for saying spelt, which we
> all know is a hardy form of wheat grown mostly in Europe, it is also
> the correct past tense of spell, which I am sure was Chris' intention.
look, lets get this straight once and for all.
just cause I am a lazy SOB who cant be bothered to triple check his
typo's AND has spelling problems to begin with, DOES NOT mean that I am
an illiterate buffoon.
I like to be verbose, and use this forum to practice my alliteration.
(although not in this post)
spelling be damned.
YES ralph, spelt is the past tense as noted here:
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from dictionary.com
spelt:
A past tense and a past participle of spell.
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I fail to see the need to point this out.
Chris
"I stole an opening book off the web." S.H.
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| (...) Chris, I was doing you a favour. I once criticised someone for using spelt as a past tense, and then was surprised when I looked it up (on dictionary.com like you did) to find it was correct. Since that fateful day, my sole mission has been to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Here we go....the movie (and you're in the biz and should know this) is The Shining. And before the rest of you criticize Chris for saying spelt, which we all know is a hardy form of wheat grown mostly in Europe, it is also the correct past (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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