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Right, I get that it's not grammatically correct in that context, but the word itself is valid. I had always thought "learnt" was akin to "ain't", but that's not the case. Both "learned" and "learnt" are correct, but the latter is less commonly used in the US.
I’m just convinced my inbred ancestors out in the hills think them’s bein fancy sayin’ they learn’t how t’ do the thing frum they’d pa