Shan't...

There are lots of British (English, Irish, Scottish) words that are not normally spoken in America. Shan't (contraction of shall not) is one of them.
Learnt is another. I'm trying to figure out where learnt fits in. If learned is the past tense of learn, does learnt fortify something you've already learned?
Sort of a past-past tense...
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Learnt is used in British English, although "learned" is now becoming more popular.

The only exception is that "learned" is always used as an adjective for a person
Ex a "learned" person.
I mean, every single elementary English dictionary in the world has this matter explained. Not much else to add. Check out some interesting word like walloper or jobby instead. laugh
we don't use 'walloper' but we do use 'walloping' or wallop - eg - the Bulls gave the Rams a walloping, running out 96-12 winners. Haha that would be the day!
I'm a learn't gal..Learned sounds gronky to me laugh
Codswallop roll eyes laugh
so are your pork chops too long on the BBQ burnt or burned? And is the derision you receive for bumpy kitchen benches earnt or earned?
English of both Murrikun and British varieties is pretty arbitrary, innit? Floridians I guess speak alligatish.
Burned. Not burnt.

Derision? Not in my vocabulary.
1. the act of deriding; ridicule; mockery.
2. an object of ridicule.

Earned, not earnt.
It took a while to figure out that 'Murrkun' is the poorly educated Southerners pronunciation of American.
I have learnt not to cook breakfast when half asleep, I burnt my bangers this morning, and ended up eating a soft boiled egg with marmite soldiers.
Did anyone sweep the floor?
Yes, the floor has been swept.

Did we finalize discussions on the election?
No but we dwelt on that topic long enough.
rizla - marmite soldiers? wah! marmite is New Zealand paste! Here we use vegemite. But what are the soldiers?
A dictionary the doesn't have derision? Wow! As an aside my C-E dictionary PLECO doesn't have kookaburra. Whoops it's been updated and now it does! It certainly has derision.
Hi Chatillion wave
When I was in junior high school, my English teacher said that learnt, burnt and the like were British English and learned, burned and the like were American English. We could used both any time. dunno
I always find English weird and confusing. grin
d4, was English your first language?
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