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[James Devenish]

In message <5.0.2.1.0.20040125103419.020aeec0 at popa.melbpc.org.au>
on Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:35:39AM +1100, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 11:04 AM 24/01/04 +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> >The "ize" in England has not been adopted here, which I find
> >strangely inconsistent. Other than that, Aussies use O.E.D. spelling.
> 
> Since off topic seems to be continuing...can someone explain why past
> tense verbs have changed from 'ed' endings to 't'?  e.g. learned v
> learnt.

But learned is an adjective! I'd thought the trend for verbs was the
other way around, with 'ed' words being preferred to 't' words (at
least in the US):
 - spelt -> spelled
 - lit -> lighted