Timeline for Why is "fulfil" spelt as "fulfill" in American English?
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| Jan 31, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1223214519457124352 | ||
| Jan 31, 2020 at 10:40 | answer | added | jamspandex | timeline score: -2 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 17, 2016 at 3:14 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | I didn't even notice the word spelt because, to me (non-US), it is spelt correctly! | |
| Apr 26, 2015 at 17:52 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Dec 10, 2012 at 20:10 | vote | accept | Bravo | ||
| Oct 3, 2012 at 22:17 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jul 28, 2012 at 13:08 | comment | added | coleopterist | @Pantalones To paraphrase Ambrose Bierce, english.se is God's way of teaching Americans spelling :) | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 15:27 | comment | added | Peter Shor | And in American English, spelt is also a strikingly unnatural pronunciation of the past participle. | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 14:53 | comment | added | GEdgar | I am American. If I see spelt I think of a certain kind of wheat sometimes sold as "health food". | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 8:33 | answer | added | coleopterist | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 4:56 | comment | added | Pantalones | In American English, "spelt" is a rarely seen and strikingly unnatural (though correct) spelling of the past participle of "spell". A more common spelling would be "spelled". | |
| Jul 27, 2012 at 4:40 | history | asked | Bravo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |