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Re: irregularities

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 13, 2001, 3:05
anyë Nik Taylor

<< Elliott Lash wrote:
> sleep > slept > leave > left > dream > dreamt > *learn > learnt (learned) > meet > met > keep > kept > read > read
Are you saying that you say /rEt/ for the past tense of "read"? If so, I don't think I've ever heard that usage. No...I don't say /rEt/. I meant the vowel change is there, as is a "supposed" dental suffix (this time /d/ as in /smEld/, but perhaps this one fits better in the lingering strong verb category. Elliott