Sigh. “Snuck” Must Be Okay

rogersgeorge on February 20th, 2021

Ever since I began grammar school, in the 1960s, my English teachers all taught me that the past tense of the verb “sneak” was “sneaked,” and I’ve preached on that topic occasionally on this site.

Well, how can I argue with NASA? Read the label in the second photo.

John Young (left) and the corned beef sandwich he took into space (right). — https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/john-young-corned-beef-sandwich-nasa-space

Linguistic change and all that, I guess.

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