Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 13:31:06 -0400

From: TERRY IRONS t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Re: SCRATCH THAT LAST MESSAGE



On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Ron Butters wrote:



But if the traditional ***PRONUNCIATION*** is /baed/ rather than /beyd/, why

did they spell it bade and not bad in the first place?





Some one else may look up the history more specifically, but I can report

that the preterit form "bade" is the correct AS conjugation for past

indicative second singular and past subjunctive 1-3 singular. "Bad" is

1,3 singular, "badon" 1-3 plural. Somehow the second person form apparently

replaced the others.





Virtually, Terry

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