spill. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

spill (v.)


has two past tense and past participle forms. Americans use spilled for both functions, as in He spilled [had spilled] his beer; the British prefer spilt for both. The American participial adjective in the cliché crying over spilled milk sometimes retains the British spelling and the pronunciation it reflects.	1