Really - that is interesting as I recently saw a document, which was very
similar to an American document discussing the same subject matter, where
the form Spelled was used. This struck me as being very American and wrong
for a British English document, however as I am originally from the North
East of England it makes sense that I would find this 'southern' form odd.
Do you know of anyone who has done any research on this subject matter? I
know that some research must have been done as I read somewhere that
Americans tend to use -ed where British English speakers would use -to. For
example:
I burnt my finger - British English
I burned my finger - American English.
Although 'I burned my finger' can occur in British English the meaning
appears to be slightly different and indicates a longer period of burning
etc - so the book that I read said anyway - wish I could remember what book
it was!
"Liam" <leenewcombe01@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Muiris Mag Ualghairg" <muiris@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> > Which form would be the most likely to be used by a British English
Language
> > speaker (that is a native of the Uk - that's right excluding speakers
from
> > Ireland and also excluding Scots speakers but not speakers of Scottish
> > English)?
>
> I think there may be some regional variations with the answer to this
> one - a lot of my Northern friends would use spelt while my Southern
> friends tend to use spelled.
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