"drug" and irregulation

[Joel S. Berson]

I thought the tendency was for irregular verbs to become
regular?  Here Bush seems to be drugging in the irregular.

Joel

At 11/12/2010 01:26 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> From Mediaite commentary on Bill O'Reilly interview of W:
>
>>But when O'Reilly pressed Bush to answer questions about the current
>>policies that are extensions of his past policies, Bush relented. "Ask
>>him, I'm the retired guy," he said. "You're trying to drag me into the
>>current affairs, and I don't want to be drug in to the current
>>affairs." (And to all you Bush haters, it looks like "drug" is
>>colloquial, and although it should be dragged, could be acceptable.)
>
>Steve Krakauer's source for acceptance of "drug" is here
>http://bit.ly/c0voDE
>
>     VS-)
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