Is it just me, or is this annoying as hell? And do you find yourself, while writing, debating over whether an irregular verb needs to be written irregularly or if common usage has now made it common? And when you're reading and you see what used to be an iregular verb being used as a common verb, does it make you do a double-take and then fell all pissy and old and complaining about how no-one knows how to use the language these days? Am I a batty old woman, now? And what other words are falling out of favor that you find yourself missing? Present Preterite Perfect Participle Am was bin (or ben)Attack attackted attackted (Be) was bin (or ben) Beat beaten beat Become become became Begin begun began Bend bent bent Bet bet bet Bind bound bound Bite bitten bit Bleed bled bled Blow blowed (or blew) blowed (or blew) Break broken broke Bring brought (or brung, or brang) brung Broke (passive) broke broke Build built built Burn burnt burnt Burst Bust busted busted Buy bought (or boughten) bought (or boughten) Can could could Catch caught caught Choose chose choose Climb clum clum Cling (to hold fast) clung clung Cling (to ring) clang clang Come come came Creep crep (or crope) crep Crow crowed (or crew) crowed Cut cut cut Dare dared (or dast) dared Deal dole dealt Dig dug dug Dive dove dived Do done done (or did) Drag drug dragged Draw drawed drawed (or drew) Dream drempt drempt Drink drank (or drunk) drank Drive drove drove Drown drownded drownded Eat et (or eat) ate (or et) Fall fell (or fallen) fell Feed fed fed Feel felt felt Fetch fetched fetch Fight fought fought Find found found Fine found found Fling flang flung Flow flew flowed Fly flew flew Forget forgot (or forgotten) forgotten Forsake forsaken forsook Freeze frozen (or froze) frozen Get got (or gotten) gotten Give give give Glide glode glode Go went went Grow growed growed Hang hung hung Have had had (or hadden) Hear heerd heerd (or heern) Heat het het Heave hove hove Hide hidden hid H’ist h’isted h’isted Hit hit hit Hold helt held (or helt) Holler hollered hollered Hurt hurt hurt Keep kep kep Kneel knelt knelt Know knowed knew Lay laid (or lain) laid Lead led led Lean lent lent Leap lep lep Learn learnt learnt Lend loaned loaned Lie (to falsify) lied lied Lie (to recline) laid (or lain) laid Light lit lit Loose Lose lost lost Make made made May might’a Mean meant meant Meet met met Mow mown mowed Pay paid paid Plead pled pled Prove proved (or proven) proven Put put put Quit quit quit Raise raised raised Read read read Rench renched renched Rid rid rid Ride ridden rode Rile riled riled Ring rung rang Rise riz (or rose) riz Run run ran Say sez said See seen saw Sell sold sold Send sent sent Set set sat Shake shaken (or shuck) shook Shave shaved shaved Shed shed shed Shine (to polish) shined shined Shoe shoed shoed Shoot shot shot Show shown showed Sing sung sang Sink sunk sank Skin skun skun Sleep slep slep Slide slid slid Sling slang slung Slit slitted slitted Smell smelt smelt Sneak snuck snuck Speed speeded speeded Spell spelt spelt Spill spilt spilt Spin span span Spit spit spit Spoil spoilt spoilt Spring sprung sprang Steal stole stole Sting stang stang Stink stank stunk Strike struck struck Swear swore swore Sweep swep swep Swell swole (or swelled) swollen Swim swum swam Swing swang swung Take taken took Teach taught taught Tear tore torn Tell tole tole Think thought thought Thrive throve throve Throw throwed threw Tread tread tread Unloosen unloosened unloosened Wake woke woken Wear wore wore Weep wep wep Wet wet wet Win won (or wan) won (or wan) Wind wound wound Wish (wisht) wisht wisht Wring wrung wrang Write written wrote (from H.L. Mencken's The American Language Bartleby
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Saturday, 8 May 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)
attackted
WTF? is this a typo?
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Saturday, 8 May 2004 11:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eh, Saturday, 8 May 2004 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Fred, Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 8 May 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)
The other night, I was watching one of those horrid "runners" at the base of some TV news show, and one of the items read something like: "The suspected shooted the officer." This was later followed by some comment about someone having "swimmed" instead of "swam" or "swum". Elsewhere this week I read that something was "hanged" instead of "hung".Is it just me, or is this annoying as hell? And do you find yourself, while writing, debating over whether an irregular verb needs to be written irregularly or if common usage has now made it common? When you're reading and you see what used to be an irregular verb being used as a common verb, does it make you do a double-take and then feel all pissy and old and complaintant about how noone knows how to use the language these days? Am I a batty old woman now? What other words are falling out of favor that you find yourself missing?
Hope you don't mind - thanks for the Mencken list.
― aimurchie, Saturday, 8 May 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― aimurchie, Sunday, 9 May 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)
See, the great thing about English is that you can use words like "shooted" or "hadden" and it's OK, so long as you're willing to accept the connotations.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 9 May 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)
MR. PUNCH, MY DEAR SIR, -- I skurcely need inform you that your excellent Tower is very pop'lar with peple from the agricultooral districks, and it was chiefly them class which I found waitin at the gates the other mornin.
I saw at once that the Tower was established on a firm basis. In the entire history of firm basisis I don't find a basis more firmer than this one.
"You have no Tower in America?" said a man in the crowd, who had somehow detected my denomination.
"Alars! no," I ansered; "we boste of our enterprise and improovements, and yit we are devoid of a Tower. America, oh my onhappy country! thou hast not got no Tower! It's a sweet Boon."
The gates opened after awhile, and we all purchist tickets and went into a waitin-room.
"My frens," said a pale-faced little man, in black close, "this is a sad day."
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/innocent/award.html
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 9 May 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)
I'm going to start a movement to bring back some of these verbs:
I wisht my flowers throved but I heerd they were attackted by a bug that stang them so they swole and busted.
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Joe Kay (feethurt), Monday, 10 May 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Monday, 10 May 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― DV (dirtyvicar), Monday, 10 May 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Monday, 10 May 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― aimurchie, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― aimurchie, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rowie, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― SRH (Skrik), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)
Actually, I just received a copy of Eats, Shoots & Leaves - I should look to see what the author has to say on this topic.
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Thursday, 13 May 2004 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)