VP-2 Plans

Actually the world ended at 2400 GMT 31 December 1999. It seems
rec.aviation.homebuilt isn't Y2K compliant.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dunno 'bout dat, looking at all the glass-panel doohickey articles in
Kitplanes.

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:13:48 GMT, Ed Sullivan wrote:

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.

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NOT EXACTLY, Ed...

source:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=misspelt

1. misspelt

Yet another example of a 'strong verb' past form. It is the past
tense and past participle of misspell. Apart from dialectal
preferences, it is equal in meaning to the form misspell in all ways.

British English shows a preference for retaining strong verb forms
(burnt, learnt, spelt, dreamt, spoilt etc). American English shows a
preference for ignora... I'm mean simplification (burned, learned
etc).


FROM: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.....

Spelt is also the simple past tense and past participle
of the verb to spell.


- Barnyard BOb Urban -

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:13:48 GMT, Ed Sullivan wrote:

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=misspelt


5. misspelt

V. To spell a word incorrectly.

According to the Oxford American Heritage Dictionary, Herald colleges
edition, both "misspelled" and "misspelt" are acceptible.

Barnyard BOb wrote:

Yet another example of a 'strong verb' past form. It is the past
tense and past participle of misspell. Apart from dialectal
preferences, it is equal in meaning to the form misspell in all ways.

British English shows a preference for retaining strong verb forms
(burnt, learnt, spelt, dreamt, spoilt etc). American English shows a
preference for ignora... I'm mean simplification (burned, learned
etc).

I had a similar problem with an English prof when I was in college. I
used "learnt" in an essay and she marked it wrong. Being the lazy bum
that I am, if WordPerfect didn't flag it as wrong, it was good enough
for me. I insisted I was right and she looked it up to prove me wrong
only to find I was right. Some college profs get a god complex and have
a hard time handling being proved wrong...

Tony

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:27:35 -0500, Barnyard BOb
wrote:


On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:13:48 GMT, Ed Sullivan wrote:

Since you brought it up, the dictionary does not contain Misspelt as a
variant of misspelled.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=misspelt


5. misspelt

V. To spell a word incorrectly.

According to the Oxford American Heritage Dictionary, Herald colleges
edition, both "misspelled" and "misspelt" are acceptible.


I consulted the Merriam Webster online dictionary which probably
reflected an Irish contempt for all things English, Haw!

"Anthony W" wrote in message
news:9ysVh.8623$k7.8500@trndny05...
I had a similar problem with an English prof when I was in college. I
used "learnt" in an essay and she marked it wrong. Being the lazy bum
that I am, if WordPerfect didn't flag it as wrong, it was good enough for
me. I insisted I was right and she looked it up to prove me wrong only to
find I was right. Some college profs get a god complex and have a hard
time handling being proved wrong...

Boy, you showed *her*, Tony. I'm sure it didn't reflect on your final
grade - nor recommendations for graduate studies. I'll bet you're a real
hoot at work! Many a supervisor makes mistreaks which need correcting.
You GO, boy!

Rich S.

Rich S. wrote:
"Anthony W" wrote in message ..
I had a similar problem with an English prof when I was in college. I
used "learnt" in an essay and she marked it wrong. Being the lazy bum
that I am, if WordPerfect didn't flag it as wrong, it was good enough for
me. I insisted I was right and she looked it up to prove me wrong only to
find I was right. Some college profs get a god complex and have a hard
time handling being proved wrong...

Boy, you showed *her*, Tony. I'm sure it didn't reflect on your final
grade - nor recommendations for graduate studies. I'll bet you're a real
hoot at work! Many a supervisor makes mistreaks which need correcting.
You GO, boy!

Rich S.

The mistake on her part would have cost me a grade on the paper. I did
OK in the rest of the class. I found that keeping good records was a
good defense for college profs that decide to grade on a personal likes
rather than what I learnt in class. I'd rather take a stand than be a
sheep...

Tony

Rich S. wrote:
"Anthony W" wrote in message ..
I had a similar problem with an English prof when I was in college. I
used "learnt" in an essay and she marked it wrong. Being the lazy bum
that I am, if WordPerfect didn't flag it as wrong, it was good enough for
me. I insisted I was right and she looked it up to prove me wrong only to
find I was right. Some college profs get a god complex and have a hard
time handling being proved wrong...

Boy, you showed *her*, Tony. I'm sure it didn't reflect on your final
grade - nor recommendations for graduate studies. I'll bet you're a real
hoot at work! Many a supervisor makes mistreaks which need correcting.
You GO, boy!

Rich S.

The mistake on her part would have cost me a grade on the paper. I did
OK in the rest of the class. I found that keeping good records was a
good defense for college profs that decide to grade on a personal likes
rather than what I learnt in class. I'd rather take a stand than be a
sheep...

Tony
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Tony,
Nobody has ever remotely accused me of being a sheep
in my 69 years on this planet. Rich S. knows what I'm like. :-)

If you are met in life with the same penalties that have
befallen me, you will realize waay too late...
it wasn't worth it.

Take heed of the advice that Rich S has so uniquely given
you and save yourself a lot of future grief and heartache.

If I had my life to do over again, I certainly would still be true
to myself and my values, but would sugar coat the truth with
so much ****in' honey, my detractors would die of diabetes!!!!

- Barnyard BOb -

Ed Sullivan wrote:

Barnyard BOb
wrote:


According to the Oxford American Heritage Dictionary, Herald colleges
edition, both "misspelled" and "misspelt" are acceptible.


I consulted the Merriam Webster online dictionary which probably
reflected an Irish contempt for all things English, Haw!
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Haw?
HAW?
H-A-W ?!?!?!!?!?

No wonder everyone thinks your dead, Ed.


- Barnyard BOb -

Barnyard BOb wrote:

Tony,
Nobody has ever remotely accused me of being a sheep
in my 69 years on this planet. Rich S. knows what I'm like. :-)

If you are met in life with the same penalties that have
befallen me, you will realize waay too late...
it wasn't worth it.

Take heed of the advice that Rich S has so uniquely given
you and save yourself a lot of future grief and heartache.

If I had my life to do over again, I certainly would still be true
to myself and my values, but would sugar coat the truth with
so much ****in' honey, my detractors would die of diabetes!!!!

- Barnyard BOb -

I agree most of the time but some battles are worth the fight. At the
time (close to 20 years ago,) that battle was worth it. As I recall I
got a B in that class and that's the same grade I got in all other
writing classes that I took. On the other hand, I once proved a
computer science instruction wrong and I took a hard reaming on that
class. Rather than fighting it, I took it as a lesson to keep copies of
everything.

Tony