"Shaven"

[Victor Steinbok]

There is a dispute about being hung up on hanged? News to me... but so
many things are...

     VS-)

On 6/26/2012 12:28 AM, W Brewer wrote:
> I tweet ~ you twit ~ she twats
>
> George Thompson hath ywritten: <<< a society for the defense of strong
>
> verbs... the verb <I tweet> should have for its past tense <I twat>.>>>
>
> WB: Society for the Protection & Propagation of Endangered Paradigms, Verb
> Fortition ad hoc Subcommittee. <<When in trouble, when in doubt, shout a
> strong verb, scream ablaut!>> First principles: (1) provide strong
> sanctuary for weak French defectors: proven (inducing move ~ moven); arrive
> ~ arrove ~ arriven (cf. dive ~ dove ~ diven); (2) send advocates of
> _hanged_ to the gallows; usw.

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