Gundagai; was Spit, spat, spitten

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 01/31/2001 4:30:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU writes:

>  Does anyone use
>  "shat" for p.t. and p.p.?

"And the dog shat on the tucker box
 Nine miles from Gundagai"

This is part of a famous Australian poem which has helped make the town of
Gundagai a tourist attraction.  Gundagai has a statue of a dog sitting (no h)
on a
tucker box.  The poem is frequently censored to say the dog "sat" but I
believe the above is the original.