Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> This must vary according to dialect.  Certainly, most Americans
> would judge "bloody" and "bloomin'" to have distinctly British
> (or perhaps:  non-North-American) flavors. I can, however, get
> "frickin'", but not "goddamn".
Interesting.  The first recorded fucative insertion is attributed
to William Randolph Hearst, and is indeed "inde-goddamn-pendent".

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