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The menu on the Titanic from the day that it hit the iceberg. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

*sank

But don't worry, this is an example of English grammar changing before our eyes, specifically the collapse of past simple (here, it sank) and past participle (it has sunk). Other examples are rang/rung, sang/sung. Details in John McWhorter's podcast "Lexicon Valley", highly recommended.

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Very interesting! Editing it now to correct it as the day it hit the iceberg, because someone else mentioned that it didn't sink until the next day.