Emporer... Err... Wait?

[Yoshh]

Seriously... I'd surelly love to know why a lot of people spell EmpOrer instead of Emperor! :wallbash:

 

Any kind soul* can tell me if it's correct? :3

 

 

Edit*: Caught me :D Or perhaps not... I meant soul in the first place >_>

[Thor.]

Have you tried google, its a great dictionary, and you spelled should wrong, there is a h in should :P

 

lol i was hoping someone would catch that spelt thing :P

[Yoshh]

You missed an "r" in there :P

 

Anyways, I did google for it, and it turned out that emporer is wrongly spelled. (At least from what I researched :P). I have no idea why I hate to see emperor spelled that way -_-"

[TheCalliton]

people often spell things the way they sound

[dezdimona]

Spelt

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This article is about the wheat species. For the alternate spelling of the word spelled, see Spelling.

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Spelt

 

 

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

 

(unranked): Angiosperms

 

(unranked): Monocots

 

(unranked): Commelinids

 

Order: Poales

 

Family: Poaceae

 

Genus: Triticum

 

Species: T. spelta

 

 

Binomial name

Triticum spelta

L.

 

Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related species common wheat (T. aestivum), in which case its botanical name is considered to be Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta.

 

Contents [hide]

1 Evolution

2 Early history

3 Later history

4 Nutrition

5 Products

6 Literature references

7 References

 

 

[edit] Evolution

Spelt has a complex history. It is a wheat species known from genetic evidence to have originated as a hybrid of a domesticated tetraploid wheat such as emmer wheat and the wild goat-grass Aegilops tauschii. This hybridisation must have taken place in the Near East because this is where Ae. tauschii grows, and it must have taken place prior to the appearance of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum, a hexaploid free-threshing derivative of spelt) in the archaeological record c. 8,000 years ago.

 

Genetic evidence shows that spelt wheat can also arise as the result of hybridisation of bread wheat and emmer wheat, although only at some date following the initial Aegilops-tetraploid wheat hybridisation. The much later appearance of spelt in Europe might thus be the result of a later, second, hybridisation between emmer and bread wheat. Recent DNA evidence supports an independent origin for European spelt through this hybridisation.[1] Whether spelt has two separate origins in Asia and Europe, or single origin in the Near East, is currently unresolved.[2][3]

 

 

[edit] Early history

The earliest archaeological evidence of spelt is from the fifth millennium BC in Transcaucasia, north of the Black Sea, though the most abundant and best-documented archaeological evidence of spelt is in Europe.[4] Remains of spelt have been found in some later Neolithic sites (2500–1700 BC) in Central Europe.[4][5] During the Bronze Age spelt spread widely in central Europe. In the Iron Age (750-15 BC) spelt became a principal wheat species in southern Germany and Switzerland and by 500 BC it was in common use in southern Britain.[4]

 

References to the cultivation of spelt wheat in Biblical times (see matzo), in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and in ancient Greece are incorrect and result from confusion with emmer wheat.[6] Nevertheless, as a Triticum species, spelt is still forbidden for use during the Jewish holiday of Passover, except in the form of matzo.

 

 

[edit] Later history

In the Middle Ages, spelt was cultivated in parts of Switzerland, Tyrol and Germany. Spelt was introduced to the United States in the 1890s. In the 20th century, spelt was replaced by bread wheat in almost all areas where it was still grown. The organic farming movement revived its popularity somewhat toward the end of the century, as spelt requires fewer fertilizers.

 

 

[edit] Nutrition

 

SpeltSpelt contains about 57.9 percent carbohydrates (excluding 9.2 percent fiber), 17.0 percent protein and 3.0 percent fat, as well as dietary minerals and vitamins.[7] As it contains a moderate amount of gluten, it is suitable for some baking. In Germany, the unripe spelt grains are dried and eaten as Grünkern, which literally means "green grain".

 

Spelt is closely related to common wheat and is not suitable for people with coeliac disease. Some people with wheat allergy or wheat intolerance can tolerate spelt.

 

 

[edit] Products

Spelt flour is becoming more easily available, being sold in British supermarkets since 2007.[8] Spelt is also sold in the form of a coarse pale bread, similar in colour and in texture to light rye breads but with a slightly sweet and nutty flavour. Biscuits and crackers are also produced, but are more likely to be found in a specialty bakery or health food store than in a regular grocer's shop.

 

Spelt pasta is also available in health food stores and specialty shops.

 

Dutch jenever makers distill a special kind of gin made with spelt as a curiosity gin marketed for connoisseurs. Beer brewed from spelt is sometimes seen in Bavaria[9] and Spelt Vodka in Poland[10] and elsewhere 11 12.

 

Spelt matzo is baked in Israel for Passover and is available in some American grocery stores.

 

Flour from sprouted spelt grains is increasingly available throughout North America in grocery and health food stores.

 

 

[edit] Literature references

While today spelt is a specialty crop, its popularity as a peasants' staple food of the past has been attested in literature. Although today's Russian-speaking children may not know what exactly spelt is, they may have heard Pushkin's well-rhymed story of workman Balda asking his employer the priest "to feed me boiled spelt" ("есть же мне давай варёную полбу"). In Horace's Satire 2.6 (late 31 - 30 B.C.), which ends with the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse, the country mouse eats spelt at dinner while serving his city guest finer foods.

 

 

 

class dismissed! :biggrin:

[Monolithic0117]

people often spell things the way they sound

 

No, they don't. Never heard of "download" being spelled "daonlowd" or "weapon" being spelled "vepn". And "emperor" doesn't even sound like "emporer". It sounds like "emperor".

[TheCalliton]

o_O a little excessive, Dezi?

dangit, mono

you posted while i was writing this one... im gonna go ban you

[TheTerminator2004]

people often spell things the way they sound

 

No, they don't. Never heard of "download" being spelled "daonlowd" or "weapon" being spelled "vepn". And "emperor" doesn't even sound like "emporer". It sounds like "emperor".

 

If you pronounce weapon 'vepn', you should really go practice your English a bit more :P

 

As for the emperor thing, people are extremely lazy with language, which results in people pronouncing words in a way which is quicker and easier than the proper way. For example, emperor should be pronounced with the stress on the 'or' at the end, and should actually be spoken the same way as the word or. However, it is easier not to to do this, and instead to put the stress on the er in the middle, while while just going 'uh' instead of 'or' at the end.

 

Pronouncing emperor like this has become so common that people who arent sure exactly how it should be spelled just spell it the way it sounds - emporer.

 

there are countless examples of this happening throughout the English language, but I can't think of any of them at the moment (as always seems to happen when I actually need to remember something :P)

[Monolithic0117]

people often spell things the way they sound

 

No, they don't. Never heard of "download" being spelled "daonlowd" or "weapon" being spelled "vepn". And "emperor" doesn't even sound like "emporer". It sounds like "emperor".

 

If you pronounce weapon 'vepn', you should really go practice your English a bit more :P

 

Yeah, I didn't think that one through. "wepun" is what it should be.

"Comfortable" is another great case. I've heard it being pronounced just plain "comfortable"; "comfurtable", "comfturble", among others.

[Bejasc3D]

WAit wair wait wait wait....

Ok, Thres engUS, and engUK

 

For example

 

US: Mom = mother

UK: Mum = mother

 

Is Emporer v Emperor a classic case of Mom v Mum (lol) aka US v UK spelling?