I don’t care what Dr. Phil says.
The past tense for drag is dragged, as in “Look what the cat dragged in.” Dragged is a verb. Drug is a noun. Well, now I take that back. Drug can be a verb, but only when referring to the administering of drugs as in, “Did you drug your date?” But mostly it’s a noun. Which brings us back to the proverbial cat, and while we often attribute to cats strange and wondrous powers, in truth they are incapable of drugging anything.
I know we have real problems in the world, and believe me, I’m riled about all of them, but nothing – nothing can drive me crazy like hearing someone use “drug” as the past tense for drag. And yes, I know I’m shallow. Deal with it.
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3 comments:
damn it - trying to leave a smartassed comment and its harder than it should be...
so here it is, in all its (lame) glory...
~snicker~
You're not shallow, you're right. And don't tell anyone, but Dr. Phil makes my skin crawl.
In Texas, we not only use drug as a verb but we further mutilate the English language by expressing your aforementioned cat phrase like this: "Looky he-ah what the cat done drugged in." Yep, seriously - I couldn't make that up if I tried.
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