Posted by PS on October 08, 2002 at 18:30:39:
In Reply to: Wee spelt villenus rawng. posted by tiger on October 08, 2002 at 18:07:07:
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: : : I think it is inappropriate to talk of such things in front of my sweet innocent child!
: : Oh great! She doesn't trust me anymore. I'm a bad influence on the little ones.
: sheesh, ok, I'll come clean, Matt didn't type the part about villianous, I did.
: Yeah and I spelled it wrong and then Matt and I got into an argument about the word "spelled" Matt insisted it is correctly spelled S-P-E-L-T. Ok, so we look it up in the dictionary, AND IT'S THERE!
: I tried to explain to him that just because it's in the dictionary doesn't mean that it's the correct past tense of "spell".
: Well? Is it?
Both correct--just one of many examples of our changing language, like dreamt and dreamed; leapt and leaped, burnt and burned, dove and dived, etc.