chepyl Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have never Ised the word learnt; to me, it sounds awful! I just received and email from reading Eggs saying my child had learnt the following... It was something corrected in spoken English in elementary school. Learnt was incorrect, learned was correct. What does everyone else think, what were you taught? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I was taught that "learnt" was not generally used in American English as an adjective or participle, but is fairly common in other places. Not wrong, just not used much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinlunachick Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I was taught that learnt was ignorant and incorrect, and that the only people who used it were the same ones who said fir when they meant for. As I've gotten older and met more people from other English speaking countries, I've realized it's perfectly acceptable. I probably won't ever use it, but I enjoy seeing it in print. I do fancy the word "whilst" as well. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 I was taught that learnt was ignorant and incorrect, and that the only people who used it were the same ones who said fir when they meant for. As I've gotten older and met more people from other English speaking countries, I've realized it's perfectly acceptable. I probably won't ever use it, but I enjoy seeing it in print. I do fancy the word "whilst" as well. :) That is basically what I was taught. I looked it up online and found that it is more common elsewhere, but not in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I believe learnt is british english (I've seen it alot from british authors), and learned is american english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I believe learnt is british english (I've seen it alot from british authors), and learned is american english. :iagree: This is what I learnt when I started learning English as a second language. My textbook was British. Then I learned that everyone said / wrote "learned." :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeneralMom Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 It's kind of like leapt/leaped. The one thing that bugs me about SOTW audio is when JW drags out leeeeeaped, because it sounds do wrong. It should be leapt. I think that may be a US versus other English countries thing. I was always told it was leapt (in Canada). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I've seen "learnt" many, many times in British literature. I just took it as the British way of saying/spelling "learned". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I was taught to use "Learned" but to answer another poster I use leapt, I think Leaped just sounds wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 :iagree: This is what I learnt when I started learning English as a second language. My textbook was British. Then I learned that everyone said / wrote "learned." :tongue_smilie: I was taught learnt/whilst. I have no idea where my books were from, but apparently it wasn't the US! I have no clue which I use in normal writing or speech, and now I'm looking for an excuse to say learnt/learned in context so I can know :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 'I learned to play the recorder.' 'I have learnt to play the recorder.' I don't know if this is standard Brit. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabella Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Learnt is common in Australia. Leapt is also normal, but I have to say when I write the word it doesn't look quite right, so I'm thinking we might 'say' it more than we would 'write' it! We pronounce Leapt as 'lept', while Leaped is the normal 'leeped'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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