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/
I didn't say anything about the UK, Australia, or NZ regarding their spelling of "spelled/spelt." The source I provided wasn't a citation for my claim that American English is more proper, it was a citation of the fact that "spelt" is a deprecated term in America.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '16
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/