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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 67 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Both are fine. Sneaked is traditional.

"Sneaked" is the traditional past tense and past participle of the verb "sneak". "Snuck" is a newer, nonstandard past tense of "sneak" that originated in the United States in the early 20th century. However, "snuck" is now widely accepted and appears in many publications

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

past participle

Im so glad i was raised in the language so i can just speak without ever needing to learn this shit. My eyes have always glazed over in English class. An adjective that's also a verb? Gtfo

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah, also when English is your first language you are not judged harshly when you make a mistake.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

The constructed language Lojban doesn't actually differentiate between adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs, because it turns out separating words into categories like that isn't a useful exercise.

For example, is "shower" a noun or a verb? What about "bike?"

Take the word "green." In English, color words are pretty strictly adjectives. in English, you say a traffic light "turns green." In Lojban, you would say the light "is greening" or "greens." Funny how you can also make English do that, huh?

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

same shit happened to me with french, though tbf, i just cant fucking stand spoken laungage, shit is a nightmare, and so is french.

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Speak Spuck.

It took me a minute to remember what the actual past tense of "speak" is.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, spake :)

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

Spaked

[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I should've really clarified. I wasn't really trying to correct, I just find snuck to be way funnier.

[–] Patquip@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This clip came to mind immediately while reading the note.