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	2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
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On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 01:29:54 -0000, Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> wrote:

> In article <7vqb8b95jor48901lu05sihhlpnvff4i8j@4ax.com>,
>  Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:11:41 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> wrote:
>>
>> >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".
>>
>>    If you bring up an American news source, look for stories
>>    about people who were arrested by the police, you will
>>    almost always see the word "pleaded" - guilty or innocent -
>>    when he appeared before the judge. The use of "pled" is
>>    increasingly rare.
>>
>>    Our dictionaries say "pleaded" and "pled" are both correct.
>>
>
> I brought this up a short time ago, because I have been hearing
> "pleaded" for a while and I thought the change from "pled" had been
> recent. However, many people said that pleaded has been used for quite
> some time, both in AmE and BrE. So, I don't know why I thought "pled"
> was common. Unless, it was common 50+ years ago, which to me is recent.

Pled sounds ridiculous to me, rather like "pleb".  Doesn't sound like a real word.

-- 
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She said, "Please go away," but he pretended not to hear.
"If you don't go I'll stay in here 'til it's dark."
'That's OK by me," he said, "I only came to feed the shark."
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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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