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From: rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Subject: Re: Difficulty of French (was: Mongolian, native languages)
Message-ID: <rdd-1408961800380001@dmn1-17.usa1.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 18:00:38 -0500
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In article <321218CD.6201DD56@loc251.tandem.com>, Matthew Rabuzzi
<rabuzzi@loc251.tandem.com> wrote:

> Mark Rosenfelder <markrose@spss.com> writes:
> : It's also worth a glance at the *English* irregular verb table.  How many
> : of you, for instance, will get the past tense of 'chide' right on the first
> : try?  (It's 'chid', which was news to me.)

The fact that it was news to you surprises me. I'v erarely encountered
"chide" in any tense outside of Shakespeare, who of course always uses
"chid". That's certainly what I would have thought of.

-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

