>I've just heard a character on CSI: NY say for[beid] for "forbade." O, >tempora! O, mores! >-Wilson ~~~~~~~~~ Ho! At least the right word was in the script. Seems that most people nowadays don't even know the form, much less to say "forBAD." I hear "forbid" for both present & past more often than not. AM ~@:> ~@:> ~@:> ~@:>