Re: Spelt vs Spelled

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 02:01:39 +0900, "Bernie" <rainbow1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Two roads diverged in a yellow froup when Josh Hill
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Burn Burnt OR burned


I would probably write:

"I burned the cupcakes."

"The cupcakes are burnt."

Hmm.

Ah, but burned would never work in that famous line from
"Hatter's Castle" (especially when spoken by Robert Newton as the
evil Hatter):-

"Woman! Ye've burrrrnt the toast again!"

I think I do the same thing as Paula. Kinda weird, no?

--
Josh

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals.
We know now that it is bad economics." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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