Monday, March 24, 2008

Buffy linguistics

Question of the day: how do we say 'slay' in past tense? And equally interesting: how come nobody on Buffy knows?

1 comment:

Snarky Writer said...

"Slayed," "slain," and "slew" are all technically correct (as Giles pointed out at one point when Willow asked), but I think the most common usage is "slew."