Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language

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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.

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Hold	helt	held (or helt)
Holler	hollered	hollered
Hurt	hurt	hurt
Keep	kep	kep
Kneel	knelt	knelt
Know	knowed	knew
Lay	laid (or lain)	laid
Lead	led	led
Lean	lent	lent
Leap	lep	lep
Learn	learnt	learnt
Lend	loaned	loaned
Lie (to falsify)	lied	lied
Lie (to recline)	laid (or lain)	laid
Light	lit	lit
Loose 42
Lose	lost	lost
Make	made	made
May		might’a
Mean	meant	meant
Meet	met	met
Mow	mown	mowed
Pay	paid	paid
Plead	pled	pled
Prove	proved (or proven)	proven
Put	put	put
Quit	quit	quit
Raise	raised	raised
Read	read	read
Rench 43	renched	renched
Rid	rid	rid
Ride	ridden	rode
Rile 44	riled	riled
Ring	rung	rang
Rise	riz (or rose)	riz
Run	run	ran
Say	sez	said
See	seen	saw
Sell	sold	sold
Send	sent	sent
Set	set 45	sat
Shake	shaken (or shuck)	shook
Shave	shaved	shaved

Note 42. To loose is never used; to unloosen has displaced it. [back]

Note 43. Always used in place of rinse. [back]

Note 44. Always used in place of roil. [back]

Note 45. Sot is heard as a localism only. [back]

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