Woah, I didn’t even realize dove was etymologically unjustifiable[0]. I speak a variety of American English that’s almost indistinguishable from the educated st

Woah, I didn’t even realize dove was etymologically unjustifiable[0]. I speak a variety of American English that’s almost indistinguishable from the educated standard, and it wouldn’t even have occurred to me that “dived” could be used as the past participle of “dive”. Apparently “dove” is mostly common in North America. [0] not “wrong”, since language is arbitrary so it’s meaningless to claim that any naturally occurring colloquial dialect is more correct than any other. But “etymologically unjustifiable” is still a meaningful concept.