"learned"

[x1m]

"that must mean you learned english in that short space of time" - Some annoying eejit, circa afternoon-tea.

Good fellows with heads of pistons, is the correct word here "learnt", or "learned"? I am convinced it is the former, but had the latter inserted down my throat with great force earlier. Please settle this uncomfortably warm discussion for me.

Thankyou.

[Jinx]

You need to ask some learned fellow.

>> Edited by Jinx on Wednesday 31st August 18:04

[rustybin]

Your suggested use is correct as in the following example.

"I learnt against the tree which then fell over. That learned me"

[Prof Beard]

From www.askoxford.com/ -

"These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Learnt is more common in British English, and learned in American English. There are a number of verbs of this type (burn, dream, kneel, lean, leap, spell, spill, spoil etc.). They are all irregular verbs, and this is a part of their irregularity."

So, to be British about it, use "learnt".

Prof Beard

[tvrforever]

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[glocko]

tvrforever said:

Yet another reason to inflict pain on people! It so annoys when people interchange learned with learnt... The correct phrase is learnt - poke anybody who says otherwise...

Sorry to interject TVR-F, I guess you are bad-assing those murricuns fur screwing around with the old girls English.
So why say interchange instead of mix up?
Jeez, you guys!!!

[theexcession]

For me it has always been learnt, but that may just be me yerkshire roots cummin through. Appen.

However, when trying to soond posh aboot other intelligent fellows, then one really ought to refer to them as learn-ed. No?

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>> Edited by theexcession on Thursday 1st September 01:42

[Eric Mc]

And what about "earnt" - "earned" and "loaned" - "lent"?

I think both useages are looked on as correct.