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Wikipedia isn't all it's cract up to be either.
Spelt is a sort of short-straw wheat they grew in the bronze age, but it's also a proper alternative to spelled. As is 'learnt' a form of learned. Being pedantic, there would originally have been an apostrophe, [spel't, learn't] for the origin is similar to [ain't = is not it], a shortening of a word or phrase, with the loss of the words is / it.

And if you understand what is said, it's English, Gor Blimey! [God blind me].

Alan you are exactly right. Just to be sure I checked with my SIS who is a 7th grade English teacher. She said"So while they are used in Britain, I think they would be frowned upon here if we used them in every day speech".
The they she is refering to is "dived". So since we do have friends on this site from all over, I guess it is Ok to use:)At least we learned a litle English.


Ob

I spent all my pay on beer, and built up quite a tab too. I dreamt my wife would have slept as I crept home skint. She wasn't. As I felt for my keys, she leant out of the window and dealt me a bucket of water!