Ned Marcus
Maester
I really want to write the word 'stang' as the past for sting in one of my stories.
I know it's obsolete or archaic, but it feels right. I've met a few people who use the word. I think it is or was more of a northern English or perhaps Scottish word. But I know someone from the Midlands who told me he uses it.
I also write 'span' as the past of spun, but at least that word is still used in parts of Britain, if not everywhere.
Would you object if you read it in story?
I know it's obsolete or archaic, but it feels right. I've met a few people who use the word. I think it is or was more of a northern English or perhaps Scottish word. But I know someone from the Midlands who told me he uses it.
I also write 'span' as the past of spun, but at least that word is still used in parts of Britain, if not everywhere.
Would you object if you read it in story?