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When did 'paid' get replaced with 'payed'? I rarely saw this error before a couple of years ago and now I see it constantly. I thought it had to be some kind of
by Mountain_Skies 5y ago
When did 'paid' get replaced with 'payed'? I rarely saw this error before a couple of years ago and now I see it constantly. I thought it had to be some kind of generational in-joke or pop culture reference but so far I haven't been able to find any proof of that. It seems that a large segment of the population suddenly decided one day to start paying for things by handing out rope.
- _fizz_buzz_ 5y agoWhat are you referring to? Neither "payed" nor "paid" are in the article or this comment section.
- raverbashing 5y agoWell, (and I just googled this), probably because payed is a real world, though it does not mean "paid". https://www.grammarly.com/blog/paid-payed/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/paid-payed/
- zerocount 5y agoWhat does "paying for things by handing out rope" mean?
- FroshKiller 5y agoIn the sense of paying a price, the past tense is spelled "paid." But in the sense of paying out rope (which means to let more rope out), the past tense is spelled "payed."