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Poll #1281861 stomping grounds
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 317

The part participle of the verb "to stride" is--

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have strode
109(36.0%)
have stridden
89(29.4%)
Every fule know, "strode" has no past participle.
65(21.5%)
I didn't know there was a quiz!
40(13.2%)

context is for the weak

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Ticky strides off into the sunset.
160(100.0%)
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Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 at 09:32 am | | Leave a comment | 62 comments | | Flag

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mrissa

Strudden.

Now I have Gordon Lightfoot's Don Quixote song in my head, thank you so much.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:35 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

or "strodden." Also a possibility. Wish I'd thought to include a couple of ringers. *g*

I don't KNOW Gordon Lightfoot's Don Quixote song!
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thornsilver

According to Wiki it's both, depending on US or EU English:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stride#Derived_terms
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:38 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

You are entirely missing the point of livejournal polls, I fear. *g*
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cjtremlett

But what's the plural of computer mouse?
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:40 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

Or the plural of chocolate mousse?
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:43 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Expand | Reply
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aiela

This sort of thing is why when I go back to school (again) I'll be pursuing an English degree. It's fascinating.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:42 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

akiko

Linguistics is where it's at, yo. Seriously, if there were a job in it other than "college professor" I'd have done a PhD in the evolution of modern German and regional dialects. Or mapping dialectical variation (which is extremely fascinating, I think.)

(Hey, Bear, I cheated on your poll. I read the same Language Log post earlier this morning. Well, only kinda cheated; I put the same answer I guessed before reading the whole thing.)
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:52 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

byzantienne

Every time I think Greek participles are horrid, I remember what we deal with in English!
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:46 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

kayselkiemoon

I am with you there. I remember in my first semester of Greek, my teacher listened to us complain and then cheerfully told us that our English would benefit enormously. oh the cold comfort. ;)
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:12 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

wyld_dandelyon

No fair! They all sound bad!
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 01:57 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

wyld_dandelyon

off-topic

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=805067 appeared in the actual newspaper here in Milwaukee with the heading "Not Your Average Bear" and made me think of you. I thought you might enjoy seeing the article.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:19 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

Re: off-topic

thank you!
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Expand | Reply
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kimuro

stride, strode, stridden/ strid

According to Webster's Unabridged, the past participle of stride is "stridden" (or obsolete form, strid)

Personally, I would have guessed "strod" but I'd've been wrong.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:21 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

Re: stride, strode, stridden/ strid

And yet Webster's is incomplete, because both had strode and had stridden are correct.

http://www.verbix.com/cache/webverbix/20/stride.shtml

Besides, resorting to dictionaries is an abrogation of the spirit of the lj poll as an exercise in Science!

had strod? Really? Huh. I never would have come up with that one.

Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Expand | Reply
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heleninwales

Couldn't do your quiz, sorry, because if pushed, I'd probaly say have strided. But this could be because I got used to my kids saying things like, "I have rided the pony." :)

Though really they all sound horribly wrong.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:24 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

sophielandon

I had seen the Elizabeth George usage ("had stridden") noted in the article, and remember thinking at the time, "WTF? Surely that can't be right. Where was her copyeditor?" The more important question, "What was it supposed to be, if not 'stridden,'" did not occur to me.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:28 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

And yet, it is correct. As is "had strode."

Great wacky language we have here, innit?
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aedifica

I say "stridden," by analogy with ride/rode/ridden. I'm just guessing that it's the same verb family. Though of course either one could be a strong verb and not follow the pattern.
/end language-geeking
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:29 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

renatus

Despite answering, then reading the article, then really thinking about it, I'm still not sure. My head feels kinda funny, though. *g* I'll never complain about weird verbs in Finnish ever again, that's for sure...
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

muneraven

Eew

When all your verby options sound a little bit wrong even if they are right, just go with "walked purposefully."
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 02:54 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

stwish

Had be were strodding.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 03:01 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

kriz1818

I picked stridden. Then, while I was reading the linked article, I realized it's because there's a word that's similar: "to hide."

Okay, so the past tense is "hid" not "hode," but the rest of it's close.
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 03:10 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

matociquala

Strong verbs for fun and profit!
Posted on Oct. 20th, 2008 03:11 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply
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