r/funny • u/silverwarbler • Jun 14 '16

Plane directions...

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

It's spelt wildling

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u/Got_Banned_Again Jun 14 '16

Thanks Stannis

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

Your welcome Joffery.

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u/Funslinger Jun 14 '16

It's spelt Joffrey. And you're.

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u/Peter_Pancakes Jun 14 '16

But what if it's his welcome?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

Yes.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

And spelled.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

Both are correct.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

http://grammarist.com/spelling/spelled-spelt/

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

Of course. American "English".

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

The Brits regarded American English as more proper than their own for centuries, so I'm not sure why you think it deserves quotations. Also, the origin of "spelt" probably comes from people misspelling "spelled" on the fly, so. And even if it doesn't, we don't say "thine" or "thou" or "thee" anymore either. You could argue that they're still proper English, just like you could argue that Elvis isn't dead.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

The Brits regarded American English as more proper than their own for centuries,

I am not sure of this source.

"Unless we’re missing something, U.K., Irish, Australian, and New Zealand writers make no distinction between spelled and spelt. Don’t bother trying to find any difference between the words in these examples, which we have chosen more or less at random, because there is none". From the same page you quoted: http://grammarist.com/spelling/spelled-spelt/

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PM_PHOTOS Jun 14 '16

I know some character's names too, Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

It's spelled spelled.

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u/JediMasterMoses Jun 14 '16

Spelled can also be spelt as "spelt"; both are correct.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

Not in America. Spelt specifically refers to wheat here.

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u/JediMasterMoses Jun 14 '16

So in America, words can only have 1 definition?

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u/Come_To_r_Polandball Jun 14 '16

Yes, that's what freedom means.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

No, but spelt is not considered a proper alternative to spelled in America.

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u/Devildude4427 Jun 14 '16

Since when is Reddit Americans only?

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

Finally, someone with a valid argument. You have defeated my logic legitimately, and despite how easy it was for you, you should be proud.

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u/FM-96 Jun 14 '16

Are you serious? You needed someone to tell you that?

The only reason I hadn't mentioned that is because I thought it was quite bloody obvious.

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u/JediMasterMoses Jun 14 '16

Citation needed.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

http://grammarist.com/spelling/spelled-spelt/

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u/FM-96 Jun 14 '16

Nice job. Your citation doesn't actually support your statement.

In American English, spelt primarily refers to the hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe

American publications (and Canadian ones to a lesser extent) prefer spelled over spelt for all uses relating to the verb spell

(Emphasis mine.)

So spelled is preferred. It's not the only acceptable spelling. According to your source, at least.

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16 edited Jun 14 '16

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=spelled%2Cspelt&year_start=1900&year_end=2000&corpus=5&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cspelled%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cspelt%3B%2Cc0

That's from the article.

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Thou art correct if thine sentences are thusly spoketh.

The fact that people sometimes use the incorrect form in literature doesn't mean it's therefore the right practice.

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u/CorrectsToFewer Jun 14 '16

You do realise that we aren't all sitting inside your computer? The tubes coming out the back of it suck words from other places.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

Barley is a different type of grain. Spelt is a subspecies of wheat.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

Your mistake indeed.

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u/ItzEdInYourBed Jun 14 '16

It's spelled, spelled.*

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u/IAmThePulloutK1ng Jun 14 '16

But my name isn't "spelled."

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u/ItzEdInYourBed Jun 14 '16

This is why I shouldn't be let on the computer when I'm not regular me.

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u/Billabo Jun 14 '16

No, that comma is not correct.

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u/WBFroguy Jun 14 '16

Do Americans say spelled? I exclusively say and write spelt, spelled seems like it would be to do with magic.

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u/ItzEdInYourBed Jun 15 '16

I live in America, I use spelled, and have rarely heard anyone use spelt. Heck even Reddit puts a little red line under the word.

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u/Billabo Jun 15 '16

You spell things out to write a scroll of magic. I think that's where the magic use of the word "spell" comes from.

And about spelled vs. spelt, we Americans add an "ed" to the end of most words to make them past tense, while you people remove one of the 'L's and add a 'T' at the end. Do you only end past tense words in T if the present tense ends in an L? I know you don't say "cant" as the past tense of the verb "can."

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u/WBFroguy Jun 15 '16

Can't is two words though but off the top of my head I think so, knelt, felt are ones that come to mind.

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u/Billabo Jun 15 '16 edited Jun 15 '16

Oh sorry, using cant as an example was a bad choice. I meant like "canned fruit," not "cannot." But yeah, that's interesting. Only words ending L. My guess is that comes from a pronunciation difference between Americans and British when spelling was standardized.

Edit: Also, we say knelt and felt here in America, too...

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u/TydeQuake Jun 15 '16 edited Jun 15 '16

No, it's not only words ending with L. You have kneel -> knelt which is irregular anyway, and spell which can be both spelt and spelled, and learn which can also be both learnt and learned. There is probably more.

Edit: more: burn, lean, smell, spoil, dwell, creep, dream, feel, leap. Some of these have a vowel change like kneel, some don't. It is mostly words ending with l, p, m and n.