Re: irregularities

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> 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.
I haven't heard that one either, but it does seem quasi-feasible. I'm
reminded of the Mr. Show sketch "The 2000 Pound Old Man.":

"Did you meet Napoleon?"
"Met him! I /Et/ him!" where /Et/ is "ate."

Of course, that's a strech, I doubt anyone on the show says that
regularly - but if that's possible in a joke, /rEt/ is probable
elsewhere. It certainly does fit the pattern.

--
Robert