[Ads-l] _checked_, adj. "checkt" v. "check-ed"

Flourish Klink flourish.klink at GMAIL.COM
Tue Oct 11 13:58:44 UTC 2016


I've never heard "check-ed".

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 6:22 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  > would have said "check-ed pattern."
>
> Soooo nineteenth century.
>
> JL
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 4:12 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Heard "checkt pattern." I would have said "check-ed pattern."
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