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[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait, English has two different verbs "to sneak"?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, OC implies that "sneaked" and "snuck" have different meanings

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, so far I've also only heard snuck.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place.

I'm sure there's more.

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Transitive vs intransitive, I guess

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

I think you conflate irregular orthography and irregular grammar or conjugation paradigms.

Like it's pretty regular otherwise.