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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spelt
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awoken

sorry, i couldn't help it
not trying to be a dick, just having fun

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@ Paradigm Karaoke --- I was going to post the exact same links.

Yeah, yeah, I know they're in there, and so's "Ain't".
Haven't checked to see if "effort" has been added as a verb yet ( as in I will "effort" that, or I am "efforting" that), but if it isn't, I'm sure it's coming....

The problem is, they are now adding words just because of popular useage, without any concern if they are proper or not. Get enough illiterates using a word, and they'll add it.

I guess they am thiinkin' that be more funner....

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Spelt and awoken have been in the Oxford Concise Dictionary for a long, long time.

Ain't from Oxford:

Definition of ain't
contraction
am not; are not; is not:

if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
[first representing London dialect]has not; have not:

they ain’t got nothing to say
[from dialect hain't]

The use of ain’t was widespread in the 18th century, typically as a contraction for am not. It is still perfectly normal in many dialects and informal speech in both Britain and North America. Today, however, it does not form part of standard English and should never be used in formal or written contexts. See also are n’t (usage).

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