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Originally Posted by Adult Lounge - Brad
pretty sure spelt has been in the english language for a while now, in fact I've never used the word spelled. I don't think it has the same ring to it.
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Spelt is a word, but it doesn't mean what you think it does. "Spelled" is the correct word, as tASSy said.
Main Entry:
spelt
Pronunciation: 'spelt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, of Germanic origin; perhaps akin to Middle High German spelte
split piece of wood, Old High German spaltan to split -- more at SPLIT
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an ancient wheat (Triticum spelta syn. T. aestivum spelta) with spikelets containing two light red grains; also : the grain of spelt