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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">L O W L A N D S - L - 17
August 2008 - Volume 02</span><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 96);">Paul Finlow-Bates</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe">
</span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk">wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Orthography" 2008.08.16 (02) [E]</span><br>
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Yes, letts orl rite wot we wont ennyspellin is ok dojfdvnvf gnfjfdfd
dsddffd.<br>
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DDrefjns CESC-GDVDxfvf (Paul Finlow-Bates)<br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Orthography" 2008.08.16 (03) [E]</span><br>
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from <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a><br>
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Diederik wrote: And <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/" target="_blank">dictionary.reference.com</a>
lists both "misspelt" and "misspelled", so which one is
'incorrect' then? And why is it in the dictionary if it's not accepted.<br>
<br>
Strangely enough this appeared as a question for A level English in yesterday's
Telegraph: which is the correct spelling?: misspelt: mispelled: misspelled<br>
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I have to say I took a second look because I agree with Diederik - both
misspelt and misspelled are as acceptable as spelt and spelled or learnt
and learned.<br>
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The pair I like to chase up / follow / observe is 'lighted' and 'lit'. All
printed matter / books post 1940s ( well nearly all) have 'lighted' but few
people use that; rather they say 'lit'. You can often hear a second's
confusion when someone is reading a script on the radio and they know their
internal ear wants to hear 'lit' but their eyes are looking at 'lighted'.<br>
<br>
Oh how slowly do some changes take to reinforce themselves!<br>
<br>
Heather<br>
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Orthography<br>
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Aha! But, Heather and Diederik, now you've crossed over from orthography to
morphology, or grammar more generally.<br>
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"Lighted" and "lit" are possible variants, usually in
dialectical distribution, as are "misspelt" and
"misspelled", and "learnt" and "learned" (not to
mention "learned" with the "e" before "d"
pronounced).<br>
<br>
There are quite a few other cases like this; e.g., "dreamt" ~
"dreamed", "burnt" ~ "burned", "clove"
~ "cleft", "cloved" ~ "clave", "leapt"
~ "leaped", "stove" ~ "staved", more recently
with American alternatives such as "sneaked" ~ "snuck", and
"shat" ~ "shit".<br>
<br>
As far as I know, they are all pronounced differently, so it's not a matter of
spelling.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span></p>
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