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Just listened to this. So much fun, as ever. It had me reflecting: to me, “dived” and “sneaked” seem v normal, “dove” and “snuck”, ate, well, weird. Also crystallised another thing: “bit” in a usage I now realise I’ve heard a few times but I can’t quite define to myself so that’s exciting!

You mentioned the oxen/boxen thing with computer nerds, which immediately made me think of this Brian Regan bit. The whole thing is great and pretty relevant here tbh! I'm not sure what period of history you meant, but I wonder if it could have come from this or predates it youtu.be/ZPehhdkpBbk

Mouse, mice. And yet, house, houses. I will not rest until this irregularity is sorted out and Anglophones live in hice.