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On 31.12.2012 02:43, Ian Angus wrote:
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Michael Smith <mjs <at> smithbowen.net> writes:
I never heard any other preterite for 'shit' than 'shat', which is
good Anglo-Saxon. Are there really people who say 'shitted'? Why,
for Grimm's sake?
Living in North America, I've never heard "shat" except as a joke.
And I've never heard "shitted" at all.
In my experience (not, I realize, always the best guide)
the commonly used preterite of "shit" is "shit."
Similar to "hit."
I shit today.
I shit yesterday.
In Ireland the most common form of the infinitive is "to shite" although
probably more common is "to have a shite" - the past tense being "had a
shite".
While in London I seem to recall that the most common verb was "to have
a shit". My only encounter with "shat" in either country was in the
passive structure "he got shat upon from a great height!", meaning that
he got a really raw deal or was treated very badly - the use of the more
archaic "upon" would indicate that it's a idiomatic expression, perhaps
having humorous origins.
Incidentally I've always found "Shit!" a much more expressive expletive
than "Shite!" ;-)
Einde O'callaghan
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