What's Y'all's Favorite Past Tense Verb?

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Permalink Reply by Rudolfo Carrillo on May 12, 2008 at 7:37pm

Although used infrequently, except in parts of the southern United States and Great Britain, my favorite has got to be "et". Viz: The dog et dinner. I et mine later.

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Permalink Reply by hettie on May 12, 2008 at 10:33pm

heehee! this reminds me of a billboard I saw in oklahoma city on a roadtrip a few years ago. it was an ad for a restaurant and all it said, in huge letters, was "jeet yet?"

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Permalink Reply by Kitson Harvey on May 12, 2008 at 7:45pm

Oh, I thought you meant like the passive periphrastic.

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Permalink Reply by Samantha Anne Scott on May 12, 2008 at 7:54pm

The only Latin I know is the commonly used academic stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Rudolfo Carrillo on May 12, 2008 at 7:58pm

You're lucky. That stuff can rot the brain. It was one of the reasons I turned to drinking, as an undergraduate. But back to the subject at hand. Et really is an acceptable past tense form of the verb "to eat". I promise. Another favorite though, is the word dreamt.

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Permalink Reply by ayax on May 12, 2008 at 8:37pm

I learned that at school, dreamt... In fact, growing up in Europe (some time ago), the worst thing possible in school would be inserting an American expression or, worse even, pronounce a word the American way.

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Permalink Reply by Adelita on May 14, 2008 at 6:11pm

ayax, don't you mean you learnt that at school? ;-)

A certain member of my former ex-husband's family always says, "we was at the store" or "we done that already" Drives me crazy.

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Permalink Reply by Adelita on May 14, 2008 at 6:21pm

Holy crap I'm tired! Former husband/ex-husband. I ain't married no more!

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Permalink Reply by ayax on May 14, 2008 at 9:48pm

Wow? Did I misspell that? (Hot flash)

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Permalink Reply by Barelas Babe on May 12, 2008 at 10:30pm

I like forbade - just because of the way it sounds when correctly pronounced: For-Bad...

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Permalink Reply by hettie on May 12, 2008 at 10:40pm

I like "awoke," "fled," and "dove." has anyone ever heard "forwent" as the past tense of "forgo"?

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Permalink Reply by Dan on May 14, 2008 at 4:47pm

Interesting that you should mention "dove," as we reporting grunts are specifically prohibited from using that word at the newspaper. It's "dived," according to The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual.

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