Wordie: Spelt: Comments

Comment by gangerh, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:44:43 +0000

That made me laugh out loud, sionnach. Also, when I'd quieted down I thought, like Alphabetti Spaghetti, too.

Comment by sionnach, 7 months ago

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:14:46 +0000

Spelt pasta must be what they use to make alphabet soup.

Comment by Treeseed, 7 months ago

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:34:57 +0000

Spelt is an ancient and lovely tasting grain in the wheat family. It makes a more crisp, dense bread, has less gluten than typical wheat. It is available as white or bleached flour or as a whole grain brown flour. Spelt pasta is also available.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:06:42 +0000

Second note for posterity: yarb's right. It was a mere nanosecond.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:05:44 +0000

Nonsense. Even if John were to pelt us with felt rather than a belt (to avoid leaving a welt), and if that happened on the veldt, the smelt would still have smelt as it always smelt and the spelt would have smelt as it always smelt. Although on the veldt, everything would melt, so the smelt might have smelt more than I felt it originally smelt.

But what if you were a Celt? *brain spinning*

Comment by Asativum, 8 months ago

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:38:28 +0000

On the Veldt.

Comment by TheSuperiorBeing, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:03:15 +0000

I believe that the welts from the pelted belt (no longer felt) dwelt below the belt, where the pelt of wild bear was not protecting him, so the welt was more felt.

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:51:04 +0000

That all depends, of course, on where each welt dwelt. Were they svelte, or below the belt?

Comment by skipvia, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:47:57 +0000

I'll wager the felt-dealt welt felt nothing like the belt-dealt welt felt.

*stops to proofread before posting*

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:39:44 +0000

What a blow that would have dealt!

Comment by skipvia, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:39:12 +0000

It would have, had he used his belt instead of the felt.

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:34:52 +0000

Apparently, John felt the felt would leave a welt.

Comment by John, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:31:38 +0000

I'm going to pelt you both. With felt.

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:29:54 +0000

Trying... to... parse...

Comment by yarb, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:24:38 +0000

Note for posterity: rt beat me by a nanosecond there. It's not like I came along an hour later and ripped him off shamelessly.

Comment by yarb, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:23:15 +0000

I have smelt smelt, and I've spelt spelt, but I've never smelt spelt.

Comment by reesetee, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:22:56 +0000

I've smelt spelt and smelt smelt, and I've always felt that spelt smelt better than smelt smelt. On the other hand, I've spelt spelt and I've spelt smelt, and I've always felt that smelt spelt better than spelt spelt.

But that's just me.

Comment by sionnach, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:57:57 +0000

I have, however, spelt smelt.

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:53:02 +0000

I haven't. Is it dreadful?

Comment by Asativum, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:31:48 +0000

Have you ever smelt spelt?

Comment by uselessness, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:30:04 +0000

Not to be confused with smelt!

Comment by colleen, 8 months ago

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:32:04 +0000

1) past tense of spell

2) dreadful-tasting wheat product