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Do you say "squoze" as the past tense of "squeeze"?

If the past tense of "freeze" is "froze", then why shouldn't the past tense of "squeeze" be "squoze"?

Posted - October 30, 2016
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  • 17602
    There are many of these ambiguities in our language..........................just makes me love it!
      October 30, 2016 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    One or two of my friends say "hice" for the plural of "house". Why not, indeed? After all, the plural of "mouse" is "mice", so why not? Lol:)
      October 30, 2016 3:55 PM MDT
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  • 17602
    Because it sounds ignorant.  Why?  Well, it is....especially when English is your native tongue and you know.
      October 30, 2016 4:44 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    Hmmm. Saying "hice" for the plural of "house" sounds ignorant, while also saying these many ambiguities in our language are what make you love it? A bit contradictory, don't you think? What's the difference between saying "hice" and saying "squoze"? Logical answers only, please.
      October 30, 2016 6:00 PM MDT
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  • 17602
    It's incorrect.  It doesn't have to be logical.  It's language.  If you want logical go to the math department.  ;)
      October 31, 2016 12:30 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    I just don't understand how anyone can be so contradictory regarding such things. Either you love humorously incorrect words such as both those examples, or else you hate them, full stop. I don't have the kind of brain that readily accepts a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and I have never been able to understand contradictory qualities in anything or anyone. If you insist on everything being correct, fine. I tend to be like that myself so I greatly respect others for it. However, that doesn't mean I respect contradictoriness, and that is why I keep asking for logical answers whenever I see something that appears to be even slightly contradictory. Does that make sense to you, Thriftymaid?
      October 31, 2016 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yes and nose as the past tense of knees.
      October 30, 2016 3:37 PM MDT
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  • Never ... That's bad English ... Everyone knows the past tense is "squished"
    :)
      October 30, 2016 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    "Squish" is a word in its own right, Ozgirl. Lol:)
      October 30, 2016 3:54 PM MDT
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  • Bugger! ... I hate being a conformist!
      October 30, 2016 3:57 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    No fear my dear after all

    You are

    HERE
    Land of the weird
      October 30, 2016 3:58 PM MDT
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  • So true ... But in terms of not confirming I spell it wired ... More edgy lol
      October 30, 2016 4:14 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    There are certain things I hate conforming to as well, Ozgirl. You've probably seen it in some of my posts on here. Lol:)
      October 30, 2016 4:04 PM MDT
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  • Maybe answer mug needs a new group ... The Iconoclasts! ... Think it will fly?
      October 30, 2016 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    That sounds like a rollicking good idea, Ozgirl. Why not create one? :)
      October 30, 2016 4:24 PM MDT
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  • I don't, but I should start doing so. I much prefer ablauted past tense to affixed: dove, shat, squoze...
      October 30, 2016 6:24 PM MDT
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  • 3907
    Hello Andy:

    The Seinfeld show gave me TWO new words:  Squoze and Mopes.  Kramer was playing scrabble and beat Elaine with the word squoze.   George was playing Trivial Pursuit when a speck of dirt was covering up the word Moors, and George INSISTED it was the Mopes..

    I dunno WHY I remember that.

    excon. This post was edited by excon at October 31, 2016 8:57 AM MDT
      October 31, 2016 8:35 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    It must have been a fololloping big speck of dirt to obscure both an O and an R, excon. I'd like to have seen that. I also didn't know the Seinfield Show originated in Liverpool. Apparently that's where the word "squoze" came from. Lol:)
      October 31, 2016 8:57 AM MDT
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