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[prepare4trouble]

Here are two problems I ran into while spell checking my latest fanfic in American English on OpenOffice:

1 - Blonde/blond. Apparently, though the English dictionary has both words, the American one allows only for the masculine spelling. It didn't look right when referring to a woman, so I left it as it was.

2 - Leapt/leaped. I know American English is less likely to use -t than -ed, using 'learned' where I would say 'learnt', for example, but googling lead me to various discussions regarding this particular word, which left me confused as to whether I should change it. In the end, I did. Doesn't look right though.

Anyone have any insight/ideas on either of these?

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[prepare4trouble.livejournal.com]

I think that's what I did in the end, or maybe I chose leaped. I remember hearing that they don't often use -t endings in the US. I'm really paranoid about my writing appearing badly spelled!