I see some of us using "skun" instead of skinned for the past participle. How many think that is right?

Regional term in some places.

Skun is exclusive to good old trappers

im going to skin

i done skint it

But grammatically correct?

Both are grammatically correct.

Of course is ain't.

Skun applies to trappers.

Skint is getting taken or whooped.

Can you provide some proof?

Prolly not

I always thought it was skunt or skunned? Have to think a little bit on that one.

Guess your google is broken?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skun

...So dialectal past tense of "to skin" is "skun" according to Merriams. Which basically means it is not grammatically correct but in some areas a lot of people employ its use anyway. Kind of like "ain't" right?

Like some people call a lynx a link,unless there is more than one then they call it links.
One link two links.

Anything written here is correct. Trappers don't lie......jk

“Skun” is not a proper word in the English language, whereas “skinned” is the correct past tense of the verb “skin.” “Skinned” refers to the act of removing the skin from...

Skunt, skant, skint or skinned.

Skint is British slang for broke (destitute).

We used to call a tightwad a skinflint.

I'll check with my Gramma...she'll know.

Moosetrot

A human is the only critter that can be skinned more than once!

I say "pulled the hide off it" to eliminate the dilemma.

As the Devil's adjective, irregardless of all intensive purposes, I cannot in good conscience, accept the bastardization of the Queen's English (especially by one of her sworn servants), by somehow changing an "X" into a "K" to justify such a travesty to human language.
My disdain for such matters is not limited to the Canadians. I also have issue with Pennsylvanians (and other localized miscreants) who refer to the plural of White-tailed does and bucks as "We saw 3 doe and two buck."
While on the topic, I have issue with the spelling of the word "creek" as "crick."
One can say "crick" all they want. All a responsible citizen could ask, is that you just don't spell it that way for the good of mankind.
I apologize to anyone who now feels as though they have been shun. That was not my intention.

I am so sick of grammatically correct , politically correct , the re-writing of definitions , 20 words to replace one so that we can soft speak around stuff.


if they can use un-alived all over the place in stuff

I am going to use Dead , killed , murdered .

so Skun , Skan , Skint use away

I like regional colloquialisms , it's what keeps us from all sounding like the people on the news.

Skun it sounds better and that is what I hear around here.

It is like sink and sank. The boat will sink. The boat sank.

Not sink and sinked.

Just my two cents even though I was never good at English.

Would Fore Skin...be the action before skinning..?

See this is what happens when trappers are snow bound. The get bored and irritated and try to think up ways to irritate the rest of us.

Personally, I go with I peeled 25 beaver today.

It depends. Are you "skinning it" now?

That is funny. One of my pet sayings is “ do I need to type into a search for ya”?

Skun is the correct past tense to the OP.

Notice past participle "skinned".

Peeled

skint

Skun. Final answer from a trapper in Wisconsin. I have never in my life skinned anything, but I've skun a bunch of critters, and yes I caught some in the crick, and one I dove after, but I never catch deer while hunting that's a road too far.

Skun for me. you skun it not skinned it.

Kind of like..."mushrat"

Skindedid.

I done skunt them all out

Then a bunch of them would be a chain right?

The "defund the spelling police" crowd are after you now!

I think a pull-out is considered the Missing Links

Anyone peeling that many beaver a day can call it anything they want!!!

Speaking of links, if you catch more than one mink is it then minks? Or did you catch 4 mink today?

I think the guys that skun their minks gets them out of cricks

It's Skint hear in yinzer land

Y'all otter know if you skun those minks by the crick . It's a sure bet a link will smell a couple a mink.

Sorry, waiting for wifey at the Dr appointment.

Skun isn't a real word, and I'll stand by that til the day I die lol.

Thank god we don't have to worry about what to do with the plural of "mongoose" since we don't have 'em on our north american traplines.

Just skun and put up 5 beaver. If she asks

Did ya catch em in the crick?

Lets try something else. What is the plural of elk elk or elks? As ln 5 elk or 5 elks.

The same as deer and moose. The singular is also the plural.

My schools mascot was an elk so 5 of us were 5 elks. Also I have a crick in my neck so not feeling great.

I personally like using the term skun. I know it's totally wrong but feels so good to be overheard by suburbanites at work.

The truth rears its ugly head!