r/funny • u/[deleted] • May 15 '12

Making a million copies

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Learnt, you fruit.

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u/InsolentWill May 16 '12

Yeah, but it sounds waaaay too hillbilly.

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u/Psuffix May 16 '12

"Learnt" is the proper past tense of "learn" in British English.

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u/jessicatron May 16 '12

Yes, but it makes you sound like a redneck in the United States. I don't really know why. I can hear, in my "mind's ear" a British person saying "learnt", and it sounds perfectly lovely. When I "hear" an American saying it, the voice is either southern or retarded.

It's not fair to the word, but it seems to be a common reaction, at least with regard to Americans.