On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:39:49 -0500, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> That's rather normal for children before they acquire all the
> irregularities. Regularizing "goed" for "went";
Indeed. Everyone knows the past tense of "go" is "gan", and the present
tense of "went" is "wend". Stupid modern world.
> analogizing
> "bring-brang-brung" (heard those in grade school; considered quite
> sub-standard)
I have found "brung" for the past participle even in the low-register
speech of reasonably well-educated people among more than one circle of my
friends back in the UK.
> For some reason the ing(k)-ang(k)-ung(k) paradigm seems quite powerful;
Because it's right and natural.
> one never hears *bringed.)
Indeed. See above.
Paul
... I just absentmindedly tried to "drink" a bottle of chilli flakes,
mistaking it for an energy drink, so some of my answers may not be
reliable.