Sneaked or Snuck

[yvr girl]

Poll question: Sneaked or Snuck

[guitar man]

1. down here

It's snuck. "I snuck up and caught 'em."

[hfojvt]

2. that does it

I am doing a copy cat.

[Lex]

3. Is there even such a word as "snuck?"

:shrug:

[yvr girl]

7. From Webster's Online Dictionary

From its earliest appearance in print in the late 19th century as a dialectal and probably uneducated form, the past and past participle snuck has risen to the status of standard and to approximate equality with sneaked. Indications are that it is continuing to grow in frequency. It is most common in the U.S. and Canada, but has also been spotted in British and Australian English.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=snuck&x=13&y=21

[Lex]

9. "probably uneducated form"

that Americans and Canadians started using.

[cestpaspossible]

16. You could say it snuck into the lexicon.

[mark414]

4. snuck

because i am a grammar nazi

[Lex]

5. Snuck is non-standard.

At least according to:

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/usage/snuck

[RebelOne]

17. I'm a copy editor and a professional grammar Nazi.

Sorry, the correct usage is sneaked.

[tuvor]

6. Sneaked or snuck?

Leaked or luck?
Tweaked or twuck?
Peaked or puck?
Reeked or ruck?

Come ON, guys....:eyes:

[Lex]

8. And it's "hanged" too, not "hung"

(unless you are Gannon/Guckert, which is a different context).

[hfojvt]

11. that's the way I lairnt it two

but I see it written the other way all the time now.

[aePrime]

14. It's only hanged when referring to executions

Your coat, on the other hand, has been hung.

[madison2000]

10. snaked

[Blue in a Red State]

12. Crept surreptitiously n/t

Alyssa, my Balinese princess from the shelter

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Bunch of snuckers in here, I see...

:D

[TahitiNut]

15. A person who surreptitiously opened a bottle of wine is a ...

... cork snucker? :silly:

[Seabiscuit]

18. Reeked or Sucked?