Mike from Irving, Texas, has a co-worker who regularly uses brung instead of brought. Is it okay to say “he brung something“? The word brung is a dialectal variant that has existed alongside brought for centuries. It appears in the informal phrase dance with the one what brung ya (or who brung you, or that brung you), which suggests the importance of being loyal. This is part of a complete episode.
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