Re: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Is it?  I've never used the word "wend" in my life, nor heard it said,
> so I wouldn't know.
Well, apparently "wended" is current, but if anyone is using "went"
as the p.t. of "wend", it would be hard to know it.

> What are /slEp/ and /wEp/ past tenses of?  "sleep" and "weep"?
Yup.  What makes this case interesting is that both were strong
in OE, then became irregular-weak in ME by adding the regular
weak ending "-ede", and are now moving back toward the strong
conjugation again.

>  There's also "thunk" as the past-tense
> of "think".
I don't think anyone naturally says "thunk" except as a joke.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)