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Comment by seanhandley | Hacker News Reader

"Things we learned"

It seems[0] as though in british english (.gov.uk) learnt is acceptable.

"Learnt" and "learned" are both acceptable spellings. The issue is that the former is an adjective and the latter is a verb (past-tense).

See my comment.

There is no issue. Both learned and learnt are acceptable and attested for the verb, pace the OED:

    learn, v.
    Forms:  Pa. tense and pple. learned /lɜːnd/ , learnt /lɜːnt/ .

"Things we learned". When you say "learnt", it's when used as an adjective (a describing word).

For instance "My knowledge of grammar is learnt". When you're using it as a verb (a doing word), it's "learned" i.e. "Today, I learned something".

Today you learned about "learned", hopefully that's your lesson "learnt".

This is especially important because we also have the adjective "learned" e.g. "the scholar was widely regarded as a wise and learned individual".

Interesting - do you have a source for that?

According to the sources I can find "learnt" is the English and "learned" the American version http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/learned_learn...