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caseydog said:
I've never seen it spelled "spelt." :wink:

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Duck59 spelt 'spelt' correctly. That is UK spelling although it can be written as spelled in UK too. I'm not sure if there is any reason why it should be one way or the other - but if I was pronouncing 'spelled' I would say it differently. What do you think Duck59?
 
Morning Glory said:
Duck59 spelt 'spelt' correctly. That is UK spelling although it can be written as spelled in UK too. I'm not sure if there is any reason why it should be one way or the other - but if I was pronouncing 'spelled' I would say it differently. What do you think Duck59?
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Exactly as you've suggested. Chambers merely offers both spellings as past tense or past participle.

Back on the Z trail, I'm not sure how I forgot about the small town with a big and splendid name. Kingston Bagpuize is just west of Abingdon in Oxfordshire. I lived in Abingdon for two years. Locally, it was dubbed Kingston Bagpipes or sometimes Bagpuss.
 
Duck59 said:
Just in case anybody's wondering, the biggest place we thought of was Penzance. There are also two sizeable towns with the splendid names of Leighton Buzzard and Ashby-de-la-Zouch. We also came up with Brize Norton in Oxfordshire (best known for a US air base) and Lenzie, which is near Glasgow.

The suburbs were Fazakerley, north of Liverpool and Belsize Park in north London.

I'll guarantee there are others.
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St Ives and Penzance, my fave spots in the uk.

Russ
 
Kid's say the funniest things. When my youngest stepdaughter was about 8, I was taking her to her gymnastics class. She was deep in thought for most of the ride, and then she asked me, "Were you alive when the world was black and white?" I asked her what she meant, and she said, "You know, like the photos." It was all I could do to keep from bursting out with laughter, but she was a sensitive child so I straight-faced, carefully explained that the film and cameras had changed, not the world. She was quite surprised. I guess she thought that one day God just decided to flip a switch and make the world in color.
 
JASOH1 said:
Kid's say the funniest things. When my youngest stepdaughter was about 8, I was taking her to her gymnastics class. She was deep in thought for most of the ride, and then she asked me, "Were you alive when the world was black and white?" I asked her what she meant, and she said, "You know, like the photos." It was all I could do to keep from bursting out with laughter, but she was a sensitive child so I straight-faced, carefully explained that the film and cameras had changed, not the world. She was quite surprised. I guess she thought that one day God just decided to flip a switch and make the world in color.
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My grandkids have also asked me about riding horses to school. Lmao.

Russ
 
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