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ickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Sneaky sneaky

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Sneaky sneaky

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ickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
    372·
    2 months ago

    I used to think “snuck” was correct, but TIL.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      387·
      2 months ago

      Never trust Merriam-Webster. I don’t know if the errors I found are fixed now, but the fact they existed in the first place is disappointing. The only trustworthy English dictionary is Oxford.

      Edit: Snuck is a US informal term, according to the backup dictionary, Collins. This dictionary is riddled with ads, but also multiple sources for alternative definitions.

      • ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website
        213·
        2 months ago

        Imagine being so far up your own ass you call another dialect a mistake that shouldn’t exist.

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 months ago

        The Merriam Webster link didn’t say it was incorrect as the guy implied. They said it’s a correct form and gave the history.

        • bean@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          Correct. Thats also what I read. Snuck is irregular, and came about due to common use anyway. So while it’s not correctly following ver typical rules, it’s adopted into the lexicon anyway.

          Skibidi. 🙄🙄

      • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
        91·
        2 months ago

        Dialects exist

    • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee
      20·
      2 months ago

      Sneaked feels weird ngl

      • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 months ago

        Though, interestingly, it doesn’t feel weird to me for the past form, only the past participle!

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      172·
      2 months ago

      There is no ‘correct’, there is only what is spoken. Snuck is perfectly acceptable.

      • StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.eeEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        I snuck into your mom’s house last night

        • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
          141·
          2 months ago

          mum*

          • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
            11·
            2 months ago

            Haha no, she wasn’t able to keep mum. She never can.

            • bean@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 months ago

              Unexpected comment elicited a guffaw… Well done 😁😂

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          7·
          2 months ago

          Sneakt

          • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
            3·
            2 months ago

            This is the only correct form. Until this very moment I have almost always fallen on the descriptivist side of things, but this is now the prescriptivist hill I will die on.

          • Noodle07@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            No you sneakn’t

            • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              I would say snekn’t, but that got me banned on some other site.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
      131·
      2 months ago

      https://youtu.be/PJVNzwTnfbk?t=60s

      • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
        6·
        2 months ago

        I really appreciate you sharing that video with me and really enjoyed watching it.

        • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          I feel so loved right now <3

    • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Spelled or spelt?

      • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Smelled or smelt?

        He who smelt it delt it.

        • bean@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          Smelt is a family of fishes.

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        Dreamed or dreamt?

        • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Felled or felt

          • FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz
            2·
            2 months ago

            Fucked or fuct?

      • MintyFresh@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Isn’t spelt, like an ocean minnow?

        • bean@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          That’s the grain with the P. It’s a family of fish, smelt.

          • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            Yeah, I smelt it.

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Burned or Burnt?

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