LL-L "Morphology" 2002.02.22 (12) [E]

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From: "Ian James Parsley (Laptop)" <parsleyij at ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2002.02.21 (05) [E]

Aviad,

Yes, 'catched' is an Irish thing! It is fairly common across the island.

Ian.
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Ian James Parsley

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Morphology

Talking about dialectal variation in irregular verb forms ...

I "grew up" with regular "sneak - sneaked - have sneaked" and only encountered
irregular "sneak - snuck - have snuck" when I started being surrounded by
North American English speakers, still feel very reluctant to use the latter
myself because it sounds "so wrong" to me.

(1) Is "sneak - snuck - have snuck" specifically North American?

(2) Do all or most Canadian use it as well?

(3) Is it an old alternative form, or has it been "invented" more recently?

Bear in mind that, conversely, "spit - spat - have spat" (and, following the
same pattern, another verb that rhymes with it but shall remain nameless here
for fear of this not passing someone's email smut filter) tends to (or must)
be "spit - spit - have spit" in American English, and I have received bemused
or amused looks here when I have said "spat" (which to me comes naturally,
since this verb follows the same pattern as "sit - sat - have sat" and I find
it difficult, though less so, to say "spit" for the past tense).

Thanks and regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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