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Pet peeve, but “learnt” is not a word. I’ve heard it pronounced that way for years in the British Isles, but it was always spelled “learned”. (And JFTR, there is a difference between “burned” and “burnt”.)


3 posted on 12/28/2022 11:16:37 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

“Learnt” is indeed a word, and may be correctly spelled that way too, though it’s a British thing that could be disappearing in more recent writing.


35 posted on 12/28/2022 11:53:54 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Olog-hai

“et peeve, but “learnt” is not a word.”

I guess “Colour” rankles you also.

The author is Australian. Best you know what you are talking about before criticizing others


62 posted on 12/28/2022 12:43:40 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

” I’ve heard it pronounced that way for years in the British Isles, but it was always spelled “learned”.”


Boris Johnson hasn’t learnt from March and is about to make another ‘mistake’ because new measures will not be ‘anything like enough’, Sage members warn

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763197/Britain-learnt-March-make-mistake-SAGE-members-warn.html


67 posted on 12/28/2022 12:59:16 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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