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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It depends whether you're English or American. Spelt is English.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spelt is also a grain, a variant of wheat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, one of the earliest cultivars

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Spelt is not proper English.

Edit: I retract Collins as a trustworthy source.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Of course it is!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Are you not aware of the different forms of English? There are several differences between American English and British English, "spelled" and "spelt" being one example.

Collins and Merriam-Webster are both American English dictionaries, and the Oxford English Dictionary is a British English dictionary.