Use of the word boughten. : r linguistics - Reddit Does anyone here use "boughten" for the past participle of "buy"? This is a common word in the Midwestern United States There is a thread discussing past tense and past participles becoming the same, however the is a case of the opposite The past tense and past participle of "buy" are both traditionally "bought"
Boughten? : r grammar - Reddit The Northern form boughten (as in store boughten) features the participial ending -en, added to bought, the participial form, probably by analogy with more common participial adjectives such as frozen Another development, analogous to homemade, is evident in bought-made, cited in DARE from a Texas informant
The word, boughten : r mildlyinfuriating - Reddit The word, "boughten" This word mildly infuriates me Bought is already past tense I don't care that it is technically also correct I don't care whether boughten or bought came first It feels like the speaker is adding a suffix like -issimo to indicate more
Do any other native English speakers say boughten? - Reddit But it wasn't parallel to "gotten" It was an adjective, meaning store-bought: "a boughten cake", as opposed to a home-made one (You can't say "a gotten cake" in any English dialect as far as I know ) We used "bought" for the past participle of "buy" in verb constructions I think "boughten" owes something to adjectives like golden, wooden, oaken
“Boughten” rugs and furniture : r littlehouseonprairie - Reddit “Boughten” rugs and furniture I am 33 years old and watched this show since I was at least 8-9 I have seen every episode at least 50 times, no exaggeration I’m once again rewatching “country girls” as I’m cleaning and just now realized that when Nellie describes things as being “boughten” it’s not ike a brand or something