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THE COMMON SPEECH
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Preterite Perfect Participle fetched 27 fetch fought 28 found fought found found found flang flew flung flowed flew flew forgotten forsaken forgotten forsook frozen (or friz) got (or gotten) frozen gotten give glode 29 give glode went went growed hung 30 had heerd het ai growed hung had (or hadden) heerd (or heern) het hove hove hidden hid h'isted h'isted hit hit helt hollered held (or helt) hollered hurt hurt kep knelt kep knelt knowed knew laid (or lain) led laid led lent lent lep lep Present Fetch Fight Find Fine Fling Flow Fly Forget Forsake Freeze Get Give Glide Go Grow Hang Have Hear Heat Heave Hide H'ist 32 Hit Hold Holler Hurt Keep Kneel Know Lay Lead Lean Leap

27 Fotch is also heard, but it is not general. 28 Fit and fitten, unless my observation errs, are heard only in dialect. Fit is archaic English. Cf. Thornton, vol. i, p. 322. 29 Glode once enjoyed a certain respectability in America. It occurs in the Knickerbocker Magazine for April, 1856. so Hanged is never heard. 31 Het is incomplete without the addition of up. "He was het up" is always heard, not "he was het." 32 Always so pronounced. See p. 236.