Spit, spat, spitten

[Donald M. Lance]

(Not sure my first reply made its way through the maze before me.)  OK, now that Beverly
has opened the doors....
Nowadays we might use the archaic-sounding "beshitten drawers" an a short of analogue to
Chaucer's "thy fundament depeynt" in reference to the Pardoner.  I understand that there's
a Yiddish expression for a geezer who ... (too delicate to say -- but it's only because of
those hemorrhoids!) ... is "Alterkaka."
DMLance

sagehen wrote:

> >
> >OK, at the risk of soiling my pristine reputation, I'm going to ask if the
> >first paradigm above also works for the verb "shit":  Does anyone use
> >"shat" for p.t. and p.p.?  (Horrors, did I really write that??)  My
> >dictionary doesn't even include the base word!
> >
> >_____________________________________________
> >Beverly Olson Flanigan         Department of Linguistics
> >Ohio University                     Athens, OH  45701
> >Ph.: (740) 593-4568              Fax: (740) 593-2967
> >http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/linguistics/dept/flanigan.htm
>
> Yes.
> A.Murie