Mobil 254 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 I'm old school as well. That's why Google is my best friend. When in doubt "Google" it I still contend that rather than a clever use of an obscure slang term, he simply spelt intelligent wrong. Quote
Elvis Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 I still contend that rather than a clever use of an obscure slang term, he simply spelt intelligent wrong. I disagree H & H is trying to be funny Quote
Harmonic_Vibe Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 I still contend that rather than a clever use of an obscure slang term, he simply spelt intelligent wrong. Ahem... I simply cannot resist. It might be the wine. Or the beer. But I think you mean he spelled intelligent wrong. As in you spelled spelt wrong. Or spelt spelled wrong. Or spelled spelled wrong. God, now I'm totally mixed up. Did I mention the wine? HV 3 Quote
Mobil 254 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 Ahem... I simply cannot resist. It might be the wine. Or the beer. But I think you mean he spelled intelligent wrong. As in you spelled spelt wrong. Or spelt spelled wrong. Or spelled spelled wrong. God, now I'm totally mixed up. Did I mention the wine? HV Nice try, but spelt is past tense for spell. Dictionary.com: spelt –verb a simple past tense and past participle of spell. Quote
Harmonic_Vibe Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 Nice try, but spelt is past tense for spell. Dictionary.com: spelt –verb a simple past tense and past participle of spell. Well, I could go on here about the fact that spelt is not the correct way of using the past tense for spell, but the fact is that people invent new ways of saying things and then they become "the way". Spelt is a type of wheat and was never used as the past tense of spell until recently, but I don't want to drift into pedantry. Americans say that the English use "spelt" and they use "spelled", but the British say the exact opposite. I will plant a flag and say that anyone using spelt is wrong but I think I may have mentioned the wine? P.S. Is there an "I'm drunk" emoticon? 3 Quote
MMike Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 Well, I could go on here about the fact that spelt is not the correct way of using the past tense for spell, but the fact is that people invent new ways of saying things and then they become "the way". Spelt is a type of wheat and was never used as the past tense of spell until recently, but I don't want to drift into pedantry. Americans say that the English use "spelt" and they use "spelled", but the British say the exact opposite. I will plant a flag and say that anyone using spelt is wrong but I think I may have mentioned the wine? P.S. Is there an "I'm drunk" emoticon? Ha! "pwn3d"! My other favourite is when people spell it "genious".......That is also alarmingly common. Especially in sentences like "Yeah way to go genious(sic)!!" But I digress.....DOWN WITH UNIONS!! Quote
helicopterjim Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 But I digress.....DOWN WITH ONIONS!! I hope you don't mind me correcting you .... 1 Quote
donnybrook Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 HV, Spelt is actually a wheat substitute for people with gluten intolerances, etc.... Quote
Batiskaf Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 who would have guessed....topic moving to healthy eating... Quote
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