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Jan 7, 2011
The whole argument over whether something is a word or not is pointless. The point of language is to communicate ideas. The idea of past tense of the word "pay" is conveyed either way you spell it. I hate when people get super technical about grammar and words, as long as other people understand what you are trying to convey the language works.
 
 
Oct 29, 2010
@SEoF: This is silly, but I couldn't help but reply to that. So Shakespeare and the translators of the King James Version of the Christian Bible were Americans? It is English-English. It is Old English. You are correct that it was an unintentional misspelling since "paid" is far more widely used, but to say it is not grammatically correct is simply not true.
 
 
Oct 28, 2010
I was as surprised as anyone when I learned that this is actually a legitimate alternate spelling. However, this seems to be a well-accepted fact going back to Old English.
 
 
Oct 28, 2010
@SEoF: I'm sorry. But do some more research. Every dictionary I've checked has this as a proper spelling. And it is NOT a new word by any means. It even appears multiple times in the KJV of the Christian Bible.
 
 
Oct 27, 2010
RE: SEoF

Did you miss DeJuanNOnley's post that was made 5 months prior to yours?

Google isn't perfect, and the Urban Dictionary is hardly a reputable source. If Merriam-Webster's contains the word, then it's a real word.
 
 
 
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