MOT snuck Up On Me

planenut · 23rd September 2016, 16:51

I had intended to strip the rear brakes and service them, and possibly replace the strut support bearings, "I've got another month before the MOT"....

Whoops, no I haven't - had to ring my regular MOT garage, who have always been fair, but strict.
Wow, she passed, with one "heads up" on a warning light connection; brilliant, I can breathe.

SD1too · 23rd September 2016, 18:31

Fred, the word is sneaked. Keep American slang out of our language!

Simon

planenut · 23rd September 2016, 18:36

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Originally Posted by SD1too

Fred, the word is sneaked. Keep American slang out of our language!
Simon

That's a shame if that's all you've got to add Simon, but in my English, snuck is the past of sneak, as in past participle - I don't have a Degree in English for nothing.

Sprinter · 23rd September 2016, 19:14

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Originally Posted by planenut

That's a shame if that's all you've got to add Simon, but in my English, snuck is the past of sneak, as in past participle - I don't have a Degree in English for nothing.

If you have a degree in English then you'll know that the correct phrase should be...

'I forgot about my MOT.'

Well done on getting a pass.

planenut · 23rd September 2016, 19:31

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Originally Posted by Sprinter

If you have a degree in English then you'll know that the correct phrase should be...

'I forgot about my MOT.'

Well done on getting a pass.

Hmm. I'm familiar with that phrase, but not this time, by a couple of days.

T-Cut · 24th September 2016, 21:36

Interesting. A quick look at snuck:http://www.merriam-webster.com/words...ich-is-correct

Personally, I think snuck is a lovely expression and words flow well around it, whereas sneaked is what I call an awkward word.

Sorry to dig up a dead end.

TC

Kennyeth · 25th September 2016, 08:05

Make sure your tires are good and that the muffler will pass the test, I would check the color of the side blinkers on the fenders, youens will be OK if you do all that.
Ken.

Sprinter · 26th September 2016, 08:57

And if anyone starts to use drug as a past tense for drag, I'm outta here.

BigAde · 26th September 2016, 09:10

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ex...ck-a-real-word

Think sneaked it correct in British English, but language is fluid and they tend to change, merge and become accepted after a time.
Personally it's not a problem that keeps me awake at night.

SD1too · 26th September 2016, 10:51

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Originally Posted by Sprinter

And if anyone starts to use drug as a past tense for drag, I'm outta here.

Or "dove" as in "he dove into the swimming pool".

A friend who's married to an American supplied that one, I kid you not.

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Originally Posted by BigAde

.. but language is fluid and they tend to change, merge and become accepted after a time.

Only if we, the people, allow it Ade.

Simon

23rd September 2016, 16:51	#1
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	MOT snuck Up On Me I had intended to strip the rear brakes and service them, and possibly replace the strut support bearings, "I've got another month before the MOT".... Whoops, no I haven't - had to ring my regular MOT garage, who have always been fair, but strict. Wow, she passed, with one "heads up" on a warning light connection; brilliant, I can breathe.

23rd September 2016, 18:31	#2
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,344 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Fred, the word is sneaked. Keep American slang out of our language! Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

24th September 2016, 21:36	#6
T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,752 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	Interesting. A quick look at snuck:http://www.merriam-webster.com/words...ich-is-correct Personally, I think snuck is a lovely expression and words flow well around it, whereas sneaked is what I call an awkward word. Sorry to dig up a dead end. TC Last edited by T-Cut; 24th September 2016 at 21:46..

26th September 2016, 08:57	#8
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BigAde Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T+ 135 CDTi Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sussex Posts: 1,502 Thanks: 511 Thanked 224 Times in 178 Posts	https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ex...ck-a-real-word Think sneaked it correct in British English, but language is fluid and they tend to change, merge and become accepted after a time. Personally it's not a problem that keeps me awake at night. Last edited by BigAde; 26th September 2016 at 09:12..

25th September 2016, 08:05	#7
Kennyeth This is my second home No more Rover Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Posts: 5,881 Thanks: 1,625 Thanked 1,308 Times in 998 Posts	Make sure your tires are good and that the muffler will pass the test, I would check the color of the side blinkers on the fenders, youens will be OK if you do all that. Ken.