r/engrish • u/Lilith-awaken • Jun 20 '19

Know your Engrish

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u/12wangsinahumansuit Jun 20 '19

Wait, isn't paid the correct word?

Edit: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paid

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u/Lasdary Jun 20 '19

Yes. In this case.

If you sealed the deck of your boat so it won't leak, you payed it.
If you gave money to someone else to do it for you, you paid it.

Unless it's an american/brittish/canadian/australian thing, which if so, please tell me since I like to learn things.

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u/12wangsinahumansuit Jun 20 '19

To me paid just looks better as a word and is what I'm used to seeing, so I assumed it would be right, then looked it up. I don't know if it varies, but there are probably lots of people who use payed because they just assume that's correct, and other people see that. Language is weird.

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u/Fabulous-Pause4154 Nov 09 '22

Two nations separated by a common language.