Spit, spat, spitten

[Bob Haas]

I'd say the same, Lynne, as well as "spit, spat, and has spit."  These sound
right to me.  "Has spat" just doesn't work for me.

bh

> From: Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:04:37 +0000
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Spit, spat, spitten
>
> I'd say 'shit, shat, has shit'.  'Has shat' sounds totally bizarre to me.
> (And 'shat' is a legal scrabble word--for tournament play, at least.)