Word Nazi

Hello everyone out there in VSBX-land.

Last night whilst playing darts at jackjack's home we were having a delightful conversation about the movie "The Hangover." Some of my friends sneaked in. I didn't see it with them so I paid like an upstanding American fucking citizen (before you give me any awards I assure you, I would have sneaked in had I the chance).

Well when recounting the stories I used the word "sneaked." CHR, the resident Word Nazi, cackled her well known cackle and said, "SNEAKED isn't a word! It's SNUCK!" Following the word "snuck" she let out another cackle that would make the Wicked Witch of the West jealous.

I replied, "I'm pretty sure sneaked is okay."

"No. SNEAKED isn't a word. It's snuck!"

I gave up saying, "Okay, you know what I was trying to say. Let's agree to disagree."

The game of darts continued.

Today I remembered what happened and decided to open up a dusty dictionary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sneaked

"—Usage note
First recorded in writing toward the end of the 19th century in the United States, snuck has become in recent decades a standard variant past tense and past participle of the verb sneak: Bored by the lecture, he snuck out the side door. Snuck occurs frequently in fiction and in journalistic writing as well as on radio and television: In the darkness the sloop had snuck around the headland, out of firing range. It is not so common in highly formal or belletristic writing, where sneaked is more likely to occur. Snuck is the only spoken past tense and past participle for many younger and middle-aged persons of all educational levels in the U. S. and Canada. Snuck has occasionally been considered nonstandard, but it is so widely used by professional writers and educated speakers that it can no longer be so regarded."

I know you don't want to read that so I'll summarize: both forms are acceptable except that "snuck" became popular because toothless peasants started using it because it sounded "better."

Next time the Vladman says "sneaked," shut your face up you toothless peasant.

For the record: I maintained that both forms were acceptable so I reserve the right to say them both.

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