On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:34:23 -0400 (EDT), Lisi <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... the length came over form [from] France, 
> but a good deal more recently than 1066, and is spelt metre ... 

Is "spelt" a typo, Lisi?  Or is that the way you spell it?  We
would use "spelled", not "spelt".  To us, "spelt" is a grain
(wheat, rye, spelt, etc.).  And to the best of my knowledge, that
is the only meaning of "spelt" in American English.

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