Re: 15 million fools

From	"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage, misc.writing, soc.culture.usa, talk.politics.misc
Subject	Re: 15 million fools
Date	2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:19:07 -0000, Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:23:21 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:58:53 -0000, Dr. Jai Maharaj <alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <op.yagzluoy86ebyl@red.lan>,
>>> "Mr Macaw" <n...@spam.com> posted:
>>>>
>>>> 15 million people have spelt length as lenght on the
>>>> internet, and they actually think it's correct, not just
>>>> a typo!
>>>
>>> "spelt"
>>> about 12,700,000 search results.
>>>
>>> "spelled"
>>> about 50,500,000 search results.
>>
>> Those are both words, with a subtle difference not many people care about.  In my example, lenght is not a word.
>
>    "Spelt" is English english. "Spelled" is more the American version.

No.  Plenty friends here in the UK use spelled and say it's "correct".  It's a different form of the word to spelt, like burned and burnt.  But I only acknowledge ONE past tense.

>    "Pleaded" and "runned" are American 'Blinglish' ... the slow death
>    of the irregular verb.

I've never heard anyone say "runned".  I've also never heard anyone say "pled" if that's even a word.  What would you say instead of pleaded?

A word that annoys me is "dove".  Not dove the bird, but dove as in past tense if dive, pronounced like cove.

-- 
We used to mock the Americans' litigiousness, political correctness, health & safety obsessions and the like.
Now Britain is full of lazy lard buckets who'll sue for everything they can get if they even stub their toe on something.
I need to find a new country to live in.

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Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-30 22:19 -0500
  Re: 15 million fools James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2015-12-31 09:22 +0100
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:12 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:00 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 17:47 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-01 08:16 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 19:30 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:58 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:52 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:47 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:54 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:44 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:55 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:32 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:25 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 11:56 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:21 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:44 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:38 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 23:12 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-05 22:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 22:04 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 20:09 +0000
  Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:36 -0500
      Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:12 +1100
        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:17 -0500
      Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 11:00 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:46 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:54 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:41 -0500
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:52 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-02 22:03 -0700
              Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 17:34 +1100
              Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-03 11:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:40 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 10:13 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 16:43 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:36 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:36 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:58 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:06 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2016-01-02 17:29 -0800
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000

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