Date:  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:59:02 -0400
From:  Brenda Lester <brenles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CODY.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bleach

My _American Heritage Dictionary_ has smelt as the pass tense of smell.

On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Duane Campbell wrote:

> A commercial just flashed past for Chlorox bleach. Several women (sexist)
> commenting on the smell of bleach. One asks rhetorically, "Would I use more
> if it smelt better?"
>
> I found that interesting. You might expect to hear "smelt" somewhere back
> in the hills, but not from the mouth of an obviously middle class woman in
> a commercial made for national distribution. Yet it had to be intentional.
>
>
> Duane Campbell dcamp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]epix.net
> http://www.epix.net/~dcamp/
>