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  • Olero
    Are you stoned?
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  • Kal-El
    Lol! Thats the craziness of the English language for you.
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  • Borderlinux
    Same reason "Think Thank Thunk" doesn't follow "Drink Drank Drunk"
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  • iwnit
    1) "There are neologisms introduced by the The Simpsons (TV) series. Among them squozen. The logic: if freeze → frozen, then squeeze → squozen. Here are some samples on the same kind of reasoning: If people of Poland are called "Poles", it is logical to call those from Holland, "Holes". If the plural of mouse is mice, then the plural of house could be "hice". If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, it follows that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry cleaners depressed." Source: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=166885&page=1 2) "Why are some verbs irregular? Why is it 'I swim' instead of 'I swimmed?' Or for adjectives why is 'more fun' and not 'funner?' Are there any hardcore rules for those? Not really, it is just how language evolved." Source: http://phansonline.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1105&start=225&sid=aa6eaaaa31a1f3e6b74c0c7a65c72597
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