MassDriven, Massdrived, or Massdrove? Winner gets admin

[sirshiz]

Which of these would be the past tense action of killing someone with the MassDriver?:

• Massdriven
• Massdrived
• Massdrove
• Other

Only one of these (or more) can be correct.

Discuss.

[Firstinaction]

I'd say Massdrived-   Man you just got Massdrived BITCH

[Tremulant]

Massdriven, obviously, but how about Massed-up?

[A Spork]

Massdriven, obviously, but how about Massed-up?

This

[kharnov]

Massdrove.

[Dr. A. Goon]

Dude, you got massed up!

[vcxzet]

bored
skewered
nailed
penetrated
pierced

[Qrntz]

Had his mass driven!

[Nux]

Massdriven, obviously, but how about Massed-up?

Agreed. Also acceptable would be:

• Massdriveled
• Massacred
• Full-Body Massaged

[Pazuzu]

Massdriver'd.

[CreatureofHell]

Owned

[c4]

Owned

PEW PEW PEW

[Tremulant]

• Massdriveled
• Massacred
• Full-Body Massaged

Nice.

• Massterfully Dispatched
• Massively deaded

[Asvarox]

Massively deaded

you win an admin

[OhaiReapd]

Massdriven, obviously, but how about Massed-up?

This, and of course First would say the one that is completely grammatically wrong.

[Menace13]

How about...

MD'd.

[vcxzet]

Medical Doctor'd?

[sirshiz]

To give credit to F1rst:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486935/How-irregular-verb-drived-extinction.html

[vcxzet]

when you say drived I take it as a misspelling of derived

[Nux]

To give credit to F1rst:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486935/How-irregular-verb-drived-extinction.html

The article is about how currently correct words will change over time because of people who will use the words incorrectly (unsurprisingly). Those of us who enjoy the colour in the English language and make an effort to correct the uninformed people who think 'drived' is acceptable are the very reason the language isn't changing faster.

Also, the article is from the Daily Mail [Read: Daily Fail]. They don't have a great reputation.

So I don't think that's giving credit to F1rst, unless your crediting him with ignorance to proper grammar.

[Jedarus]

To give credit to F1rst:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486935/How-irregular-verb-drived-extinction.html

Don't quote an article from a shitty tabloid please. At least take it from the The Sun or a more reputable source.

[sirshiz]

To give credit to F1rst:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486935/How-irregular-verb-drived-extinction.html

The article is about how currently correct words will change over time because of people who will use the words incorrectly (unsurprisingly). Those of us who enjoy the colour in the English language and make an effort to correct the uninformed people who think 'drived' is acceptable are the very reason the language isn't changing faster.

Also, the article is from the Daily Mail [Read: Daily Fail]. They don't have a great reputation.

So I don't think that's giving credit to F1rst, unless your crediting him with ignorance to proper grammar.

Just because the messenger isn't reliable (Daily Mail) doesn't mean the message isn't. (Hint: it is.)
I can't really link you to anything that you would find reliable unless you had a subscription to scientific journals.
Anyway my point wasn't to make the Daily Mail the apex of references regarding everyday and future vernacular and our lexicon.
Yes it's a piece of shit website, my apologies.
But let's go back to what my point was as I don't think I properly made one: English, and pretty much every language, evolves.
You could try to be as astutely grammatically correct as you want but if a scholar nitpicked your words and structure you would realize you aren't perfect.
Which means technically you are using words/structure incorrectly. Eventually the most popular form becomes the correct form.
There is no way everyone in the world could speak the same exact language or form of language if you take into account cultural, social, and individual differences.

F1rst just happens to be a Grammar Jew and not a Grammar Nazi. AND YOU WANT TO EXTERMINATE HIM.

tl;dr: It's massdriveleated. 

[Nux]

I understand that it's possible for the daily mail to make good points. This is why I merely said it had a bad reputation. Everything else I already acknowledged and gave my perspective on. Yes, language always changes but if everyone were to give up on maintaining it's nicer aspects then it would suddenly change for the worse.

Poetry and literature has a history of using words even after they've died out in common usage for good reason. A varied- and occasionally inconsistent -language is much more fun to play with.

[OhaiReapd]

First off, I am jewish. I find that offensive.

Second off, I know I'm not perfect. But when people say things that are so obviously grammatically wrong, I want to punch them. Like using the word "ain't," it makes you sound like you're from the south. Which means: stupid, uneducated, a drunk. And by from the south I mean a general stereotype from the south, because not everyone from the south is stupid.

[kharnov]

it makes you sound like you're from the south.

He connects from the south.

First off, I am jewish. I find that offensive.

You find it offensive that you're Jewish?

[Tremulant]

Like using the word "ain't,"

Ain't nothing wrong with ain't, it's ent you have to worry about...

[kharnov]

it's ent you have to worry about...

HROOOOOOOOM!

[OhaiReapd]

it makes you sound like you're from the south.

He connects from the south.

First off, I am jewish. I find that offensive.

You find it offensive that you're Jewish?

No, I was referring to:

F1rst just happens to be a Grammar Jew and not a Grammar Nazi. AND YOU WANT TO EXTERMINATE HIM.

[Plague Bringer]

First off, I am jewish. I find that offensive.

You find it offensive that you're Jewish?
[/quote]

No, I was referring to:

F1rst just happens to be a Grammar Jew and not a Grammar Nazi. AND YOU WANT TO EXTERMINATE HIM.

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Also, I think Tremulant winned.

[Undeference]

The article is about how currently correct words will change over time because of people who will use the words incorrectly (unsurprisingly).

Correctness in English is determined by usage, not by some collegium that sets arbitrary standards on what is and is not acceptable, and certainly not by you. For every instance of "ain't" (etc.) that you may think is wrong, there are a hundred "engineers" (etc.) that you use daily without a second thought. (Those are not perfect analogues, but the same process has been applied with the same result.)

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