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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh
Or, to put it another way, "spelled" is the North American version of "spelt". 
One strange t/ed variant that I've come across frequently of late is on the IMDb forums, where it seems to be increasingly common to say that a certain actor was "casted" in a role (though they often spell it "roll" - I've pointed out a couple of times that the "roll" is what you do first so you'll get cast, but I don't think anyone's ever understood it).
I could be wrong, but it seems to be exclusively US posters (that I've encountered, anyway) using "casted"; is this correct in US English, does anyone know? Or is it an example of the Internet making wrong grammar right simply by how frequently it's copied and assumed to be correct by people who don't know otherwise? |
Cast is the correct term for both the present and past tenses in the US. At one time (like 500 years ago), casted would have been correct. What you are seeing is a sad result of our sorry educational system. Go to an exclusively US forum and you will be amazed by the poor spelling, grammar, etc. you will see there.