Re: science teacher needs help

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:08:57 +1300, Jasen Betts
<jasen-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 2005-10-21, Mike W. <mjw357spamsucks@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Just because the Brits say it that way, does not mean it is spelled that
>> way. Only one ' i ' in A L U M I N U M.
>
>It doesn't mean it, but it is spelt that way (-ium) in most English speking
>countries.

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And 'speking' is supposed to be spelled 'speaking' in _all_
English-speaking countries.

But how about 'spelt'? Here in the Republic of America we spell
'spelt' 'spelled' since we generally replete the last constonant of
a verb's actionism and apprehend it with 'ed' to cast it into the
passed tents.

So how do you guys spell 'smelled'? Smelt?

And if you smelled some bad Smelt would you say that the Smelt
smelt?

Over here we'd say that the Smelt stunk, (or 'stank', depending on
your racial orientification) since if the Smelt smelled that would
imply that the Smelt's olfactory organs were functioning.

Fishy, perhaps, but can you come up with something less amusing?


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John Fields
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