Re: "Theory informs practice" - OK?

Au contraire x2: the past tense *would* be "blank" if that word�didn't already
exist! That's why "blunk" comes out first (same�with "wink/wunk"). It's a
blocking
effect.��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On Nov 13, 2008, at 6∞24 AM,
caeruleancentaur wrote:��>> "David J. Peterson" <dedalvs@...>
wrote:�>�>> To me, the fact that, as a joke, an English speaker can
make�>> up "blunk" for the past tense of "blink" says something
important�>> about language that theorists need to pay attention to.�>�>
Au contraire. The past tense of "blink" is "blank": blink, blank,�> blunk.
You have made the same mistake as was made in the movie�> title "Honey, I
Shrunk the Kids." :-) I think we all know that English�> is losing its strong
verbs. What a shame! Strong pasts and participles�> are going the way of
"holp" and "holpen." But you're right it is fun�> to invent strong verbs:
think, thank, thunk; wink, wank, wunk; trim,�> tram, trum; spell, spold,
spold; fold, feld, feld. We could even have:�> blink, blought,
blought.�>�> Charlie�