Never trust Merriam-Webster. I don't know if the errors I found are fixed now, but the fact they existed in the first place is disappointing. The only trustworthy English dictionary is Oxford.

Edit: Snuck is a US informal term, according to the backup dictionary, Collins. This dictionary is riddled with ads, but also multiple sources for alternative definitions.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 18 points 10 months ago

Imagine being so far up your own ass you call another dialect a mistake that shouldn't exist.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Merriam Webster link didn't say it was incorrect as the guy implied. They said it's a correct form and gave the history.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Correct. Thats also what I read. Snuck is irregular, and came about due to common use anyway. So while it’s not correctly following ver typical rules, it’s adopted into the lexicon anyway.

Skibidi. 🙄🙄

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Dialects exist

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sneaked feels weird ngl

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Though, interestingly, it doesn't feel weird to me for the past form, only the past participle!

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is no 'correct', there is only what is spoken. Snuck is perfectly acceptable.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I snuck into your mom's house last night

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

mum*

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Haha no, she wasn't able to keep mum. She never can.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Unexpected comment elicited a guffaw… Well done 😁😂

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sneakt

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

This is the only correct form. Until this very moment I have almost always fallen on the descriptivist side of things, but this is now the prescriptivist hill I will die on.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No you sneakn't

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I would say snekn’t, but that got me banned on some other site.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

https://youtu.be/PJVNzwTnfbk?t=60s

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I really appreciate you sharing that video with me and really enjoyed watching it.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I feel so loved right now <3

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Spelled or spelt?

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Smelled or smelt?

He who smelt it delt it.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Smelt is a family of fishes.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dreamed or dreamt?

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Felled or felt

[–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Fucked or fuct?

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't spelt, like an ocean minnow?

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That’s the grain with the P. It’s a family of fish, smelt.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I smelt it.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Burned or Burnt?