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What is the difference, in pronunciation or meaning, between "shit" and "shite" (the latter of which is apparently not in use in the US)? ----Original Message----- From: marxism-bounces+wholt=law.ua....@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu on behalf of Einde O'Callaghan Sent: Mon 12/31/2012 1:42 AM To: Wythe Holt jr. Subject: Re: [Marxism] Schoolmarm grammar ====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== On 31.12.2012 02:43, Ian Angus wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > 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 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/wholt%40law.ua.edu
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