Re: Irregularity in human languages (was Re: irregular conlangs)

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> Well, "dive", yes, but I think that's been around (in North America,
> at any rate) for a while now.  "Shit", on the other hand, I practically
> never hear as a verb -- as an expletive or a noun, certainly, but
> normally some other verb has to be supplied in its stead.
"[J]ust when it looked like the forces of scientific rationality were
about to take over, we've all been shat on by a stinking torrent
of tabloid mysticism."
        --Charlie Higson

> And what's the new strong form of "twig"?
"Twug".

> (And how often do people
> this side of the Atlantic use the word in the first place?)
Rarely, if ever.

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