Rusty |
March 17, 2009 11:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by laepelba
(Post 28959)
Well, I'm sure that if you talk to a true Brit, they would tell you that "spilt" is "proper". They believe that we Yanks have messed up the English language. :)
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The colonists didn't change everything. In fact, there are documented cases that we (in America) have retained some of the spellings used in the 18th century where the British have veered away.
Neither should point the finger at the other. There wasn't a standard in the early 18th century, but a British standard must have been used in 1769, when the KJV Bible (1611) underwent a 'modernization'. There were 24,000 documented changes, mostly spelling updates, made at that time.
Just for giggles, I looked at the KJV Bible to see which spelling (spilled or spilt) survived the modernization. To my surprise, both are found therein. So, even though a spelling standard existed, both spellings were allowed. Guess which one is predominant. It's spilled.
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