It snowed last night vs. it snew last night

[Sky Cutter 294]

which sounds like it should be past tense of snowing? snowed or snew?

 

and any other words you think are wrong? like stupider?

 

personally i think it should be snew instead of snowed

Edited May 11, 2014 by Sky Cutter

[_Kurtis 636]

Since "snow" is a regular verb, the past tense should be "snowed".

[Karma Lightwing 245]

im pretty sure its snowed. But personally if I can avoid that emphasis i will do it. Also due to my way of saying thing in Norway i usually put it out like "oh wow its frosty/white on the ground, the snow really must have been falling last night." And if i have to use it i will say it like "oh it looks like it snowed last night, it must have been cold"

[Moonlight Magician 494]

Snowed!

 

Snew doesn't sound like a word! it just sounds weird!

[Scootalove 10,689]

I think the correct 'past tense' word to use is, snowed.

[Karma Lightwing 245]

According to the internet Snew is a dialect version of the word snowed. Well that would make sense, but i doubt it would ever be accepted as a correct way of saying snow in a past tense.

[Adorkable 2,737]

I don't think "snew" is an actual word.

 

Obviously, it snowed last night.

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

It's "snowed". Think of it this way: if the past tense of snow is snew, then the past tense of flow should be flew. Then again, that assumes consistency in English. 

 

 

but it's going to blow up; it blew up   it's going to grow, it grew  

Exactly what I meant about consistency. Why isn't the past tense of flow flew? It seems rather arbitrary, but hey, English. Edited May 11, 2014 by Frith is Magick

[Sky Cutter 294]

but it's going to blow up; it blew up

 

it's going to grow, it grew

 

i know, i knew

[crazitaco 596]

Snew?

Maybe you should rethink that word

[GenderIsAnIllusion 2,177]

Snew sounds like something I might need a tissue for.....

[Oblivion 20,266]

Bro, I have never heard anyone say "snew" before, perhaps I should start doing it just to be different!

[Kel_Grym 1,917]

Language is a thing that changes over time. A couple hundred years from now "snew" may very well be the accepted past tense of snow.

[Arctic Night 884]

"It snewed the night that last came."

[Camouflage 26]

I've got enough problems with my own English, although I've probably used the word snew before. I have such bad slang sometimes.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

"snew" reminds me too much of that episode of Futurama, with the phrase "Death by Snu snu"that one of the Amazonian women said.

 

It's snow,

 

 

but it's going to blow up; it blew up

 

it's going to grow, it grew

 

i know, i knew

 

 

Just like "It's going to rain. It has rained"

 

"Rain and "snow" are nouns, whereas "grew" and "knew" are not.

 

 

I think because they're nouns, it's different.

[Yellow Diamond 7,569]

The past tense of the verb "snow" is most definitely "snowed".

[Callisto 1,877]

"Snew" is not a word, and even if it was, it would still sound really dumb. Snowed is the correct word.

Edited May 12, 2014 by Callisto

[Barbaloot 198]

but it's going to blow up; it blew up

 

it's going to grow, it grew

 

i know, i knew

It might be because the word Snow comes from a different origin than the rest of these words, resulting in different grammatical rules. This is very common considering English is essentially a mish-mash of various languages and grammar.

[SasQ 1,376]

I don't think "snew" is an actual word.

snow (v.)

c.1300, from the noun, replacing Old English sniwan, which would have yielded modern snew (which existed as a parallel form until 17c. and, in Yorkshire, even later), from the root of snow (n.). The Old English verb is cognate with Middle Dutch sneuuwen, Dutch sneeuwen, Old Norse snjova, Swedish snöga.

 

Also þikke as snow þat snew,

Or al so hail þat stormes blew.

[Robert Mannyng of Brunne, transl. Wace's "Chronicle," c.1330]

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=snew

 

Also see here in Wiktionary.

 

So it seems that it once was an actual word, and it was conjugated as such. But in modern Enghlish it was replaced by the regular conjugation, perhaps from the very same reason all such "modern" forms come from: most people don't respect orthography and grammar rules and don't understand them. I see it all the time all over the world. See how many YouTube comments are there where one says "I am not aloud to use it" instead of "I am not allowed to use it", or confusing "too" with "to". I guess when enough people will make such errors, they become "official" forms of these words, too.

Edited May 12, 2014 by SasQ

[Adorkable 2,737]

snow (v.)

c.1300, from the noun, replacing Old English sniwan, which would have yielded modern snew (which existed as a parallel form until 17c. and, in Yorkshire, even later), from the root of snow (n.). The Old English verb is cognate with Middle Dutch sneuuwen, Dutch sneeuwen, Old Norse snjova, Swedish snöga.

 

 

Also þikke as snow þat snew,

Or al so hail þat stormes blew.

[Robert Mannyng of Brunne, transl. Wace's "Chronicle," c.1330]

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=snew

 

Also see here in Wiktionary.

 

 

Haha, okay okay, you got me. ^^

 

But I can honestly say I've never heard the word until now, so I have you to thank for adding another word to my vocabulary! ^^

 

However, I still don't think it's "snew". ^^"

[SasQ 1,376]

No offense, I wasn't trying to "catch" you, not even particularly you

 

I think I've seen the "snew" version before somewhere, in some British (Scottish?) English book or poem. I can't remember now. But I'm sure I did. This is an obsolete form (but still valid in some regions of UK I guess), similar to these Old-English "thou", "thee", "hath", "fix'd" etc., used only occasionally for stylistic/poetic effects.

[Justin_Case001 4,885]

If the past tense of snow was snew, then the past tense of flow would be flew.  But flew is the past tense of fly.  So that means that snew must be the past tense of sny, which isn't a word.  So I guess that wraps everything up in a neat little package.

[Oblivion 20,266]

I have literally never even heard the term "snew" or maybe I have??? 

[Here No Longer 5,276]

"snew" lol That's not a word...