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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: smelled or smelt a rat #82806 10/04/2002 11:50 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon See, I think of the usage of smelt as past tense for smell to be something of a colloquialism. Considering that smelt is already a noun and an infinitive in its own right, why confuse things? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted smelled or smelt a rat jyothi 10/04/2002 10:53 AM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/04/2002 10:58 AM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Fiberbabe 10/04/2002 11:50 AM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/04/2002 12:00 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Fiberbabe 10/04/2002 12:42 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat slithy toves 10/04/2002 2:23 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/04/2002 2:43 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat FishonaBike 10/07/2002 1:13 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Alex Williams 10/07/2002 1:24 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat AnnaStrophic 10/07/2002 2:49 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Alex Williams 10/07/2002 3:14 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat AnnaStrophic 10/07/2002 3:23 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/07/2002 3:33 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat AnnaStrophic 10/07/2002 3:43 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/07/2002 4:38 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Alex Williams 10/07/2002 4:42 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat FishonaBike 10/08/2002 8:44 AM Re: smelled or smelt a rat dxb 10/04/2002 4:20 PM Re: smelled or smelt a rat Bean 10/04/2002 2:42 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,268 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,128 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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