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Spelled or spelt?
Burned or Burnt?
It depends whether you're English or American. Spelt is English.
Spelt is also a grain, a variant of wheat.
Yeah, one of the earliest cultivars
Spelt is not proper English.
Edit: I retract Collins as a trustworthy source.
Of course it is!
Isn't spelt, like an ocean minnow?
That’s the grain with the P. It’s a family of fish, smelt.
Yeah, I smelt it.
Dreamed or dreamt?
Felled or felt
Fucked or fuct?
Smelled or smelt?
He who smelt it delt it.
Smelt is a family of fishes.