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Dig, dug... diggen?

Hi
Have you ever (especially those of you who are from Canada) come across 'diggen' as past participle of 'dig' ?
Is it acceptale form in general English...?
Thanks
Wojtek
  

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[nq:1]Have you ever (especially those of you who are from Canada) come across 'diggen' as past participle of 'dig' ? [/nq] Doesn't show in searches at Yahoo in English-language pages, which normally tells me it's not in current use, especially in educated use. merriam-webster) (Middle English diggen; perhaps akin to Old French digue, dike, trench; see dhgw- in Indo-European Roots.

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  • [nq:1]Have you ever (especially those of you who are from Canada) come across 'diggen' as past participle of 'dig' ?
  • [/nq] Doesn't show in searches at Yahoo in English-language pages, which normally tells me it's not in current use, especially in educated use.
  • merriam-webster) (Middle English diggen; perhaps akin to Old French digue, dike, trench; see dhgw- in Indo-European Roots.
  • q=dig Marius Hancu
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[nq:1]Have you ever (especially those of you who are from Canada) come across 'diggen' as past participle of 'dig' ? Is it acceptale form in general English...?[/nq]
Doesn't show in searches at Yahoo in English-language pages, which normally tells me it's not in current use, especially in educated use.

However searches on Google, showed it in texts such as slang phrases such as:
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