Past tense of verb "to skin"
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I see some of us using "skun" instead of skinned for the past participle. How many think that is right?
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Regional term in some places.
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Skun is exclusive to good old trappers
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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im going to skin
i done skint it
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Skun is exclusive to good old trappers But grammatically correct?
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Both are grammatically correct. Can you provide some proof?
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Skun is exclusive to good old trappers But grammatically correct? Prolly not
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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...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?
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Like some people call a lynx a link,unless there is more than one then they call it links. One link two links.
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Anything written here is correct. Trappers don't lie......jk
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Re: Past tense of verb "to skin"
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Skint is British slang for broke (destitute).
We used to call a tightwad a skinflint.
Eh...wot?
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