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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
It wasn't objectionable, just another of those UK vs US spellings/uses. I don't remember seeing it used that way before - I only knew it as a type of wheat.
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That's interesting. Many past participles in British English are normally spelt with a "-t" ending rather than "-ed". Common ones, off the top of my head, include spelt, smelt, slept, burnt, swept, leapt, dreamt, and innumerable others besides. Would you spell none of these with a "-t" ending?