Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:15 am
Post subject: Re: learned/learnt |
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At 23:58:10 on Thu, 24 Nov 2005, apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in
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| Quote: | Is there any difference between those two?
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There can be, but there needn't be.
By which I mean that the verb "learned", when pronounced as one
syllable, is pronounced with a "d" whereas "learnt" is pronounced with a
"t", but they both mean the same - roughly "acquired information or
skill".
However, the adjective "learned", when pronounced as two syllables,
means well-educated or well-informed - and there is no "learnt"
equivalent.
| Quote: | I mean like with "often" that is pronunced in two ways, however, it doesn't
really matter which you use.
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No, that's different. It's the same word, but differently pronounced in
different dialects of English. You can find the same with words like
"singer" (some use a soft "g" and some a hard one). That's not at all
the same as "learnt" and "learned", which are more like "dreamt"
(pronounced "dremt") and "dreamed" (pronounced "dreemed").
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Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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