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ickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Sneaky sneaky

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Sneaky sneaky

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ickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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  • belastend@slrpnk.net
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    23 hours ago

    Wait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?

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      23 hours ago

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

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        22 hours ago

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

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          20 hours ago

          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.

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            11 hours ago

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

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      23 hours ago

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

      I’m sure there’s more.

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        22 hours ago

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

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          Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.

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      Transitive vs intransitive, I guess

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        22 hours ago

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

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          21 hours ago

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

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

            Like it’s pretty regular otherwise.

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