Oops! I was just trying to pull a leg or two.
Now that I run the risk of being expelt from the list I am sincerely sorry and
do apologise.
Amities
Philippe
Le 17 juin 2016 à 07:06, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> Very clever, but to be serious: “spelt” or “learnt” have always struck me as
> ugly forms of the language, where the spelling has been adopted from a
> colloquial habit.
>
> So well done, Bob :-)
>
> Chris
>
>> On 16 Jun 16, at 23:22, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Tsk! I wasn't talking about ancient wheat! ;-)
>>
>> I neither accept nor acknowledge admonishments for failure to spell British.
>> Okay, I suppose I acknowledged it. This time. <g>
>>
>> Bob "American English" Whitmire
>> (We have English. We have the best English! People tell me all the time we
>> have better English than the English! Our English is so good you're not
>> going to believe how good our good English is!)
>
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