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Synch, sanch, sunch (or is it sync?)
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2010/10/31 - 9:56am
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I recently heard a colleague say that he "already sunch /sunk/ his iPod." I found it amusing that the strong verb forms were being applied by analogy with sink, sank, sunk.

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2010/10/31 - 10:53am
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I suppose one alternative would be to pattern it after think and say that he "sought his iPod".

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2010/11/03 - 3:28pm
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Amusing, yes, but it was improperly applied by analogy with sink, sank, sunk. Had he done it properly, he would have said he sanched his iPod.

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2010/11/03 - 5:13pm
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Yep. It brought tears to my ears.

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