Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"dialled, dialling" OR "dialed, dialing"
English answer:
Dialled for the UK
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Dec 5, 2005 00:42
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English term
"dialled, dialling" OR "dialed, dialing"
Non-PRO
English
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UK spelling
What is the correct UK spelling? Telephone-related content.
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| 5 +3 | dialled for the UK |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 3 | dialed/dialled |
Robert Forstag
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Dec 5, 2005 08:31: Ian M-H (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
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dialled for the UK
This is in the New Oxford Shorter Dictionary which is pretty complete.
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Gillian Scheibelein
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Ian M-H (X)
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silvia b (X)
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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dialed/dialled
According to Yahoo, the forms with one or two "l"s are about equally acceptable in the UK. In a search limited to ".uk" sites, the count was 160,000 for "dialed" to 131,000 with "dialled".
A Yank's opinion.
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A Yank's opinion.
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Discussion
They are in Oxford.
Cheers.