Slay, ?slayed?

[Mullins, Bill]

I bet the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has something to do with it.


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> Poster:       Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>
> Subject:      Slay, ?slayed?
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> Newsweek  November 8, 2004 p.56
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> "He simply walked onstage and slayed his rivals...."
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> This is at least the third time this year that I've seen "slew"
> replaced in print by "slayed." Language change in progress?
> (I'm ignoring "walked onstage" vs. "walked onto the stage.")
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> -Wilson Gray
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