Snuck vs Sneaked

[nq:1]"(past and past part. snuck or sneaked)", and that "There is a long tradtion of objection to 'snuck', though it ... is for many people the only form used. It may, however, be safer to use 'sneaked' in formal writing." Thoughts?[/nq]
Same is true for AmE:
(quote: W3NID)
Main Entry:1sneak
Function:verb
Inflected Form: sneaked; or chiefly dialect snuck; or dialect snook; sne

[nq:2]"(past and past part. snuck or sneaked)", and that "There ... however, be safer to use 'sneaked' in formal writing." Thoughts?[/nq]
[nq:1]Same is true for AmE: (quote: W3NID) Main Entry:1sneak Function:verb Inflected Form: sneaked; or chiefly dialect snuck; or dialect snook; sneaked or chiefly dialect snuck; sneaking; sneaks (/quote) Believe the COD.[/nq]
Swallop.
"I sneaked in w

In particular, the COD listed 'snuck' before 'sneaked', which I assume indicates that it is considered the primary form. It also said 'snuck' is more common than 'sneaked' and for many people "is the only form used". To me this seems like a much stronger statement in favour of 'snuck' than the AmE example you gave, which listed 'sneaked' first and marks 'snuck' as "chiefly dialect".

Yes, I wondered if the statements in favour of 'snuck' in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary were only meant to apply to Canadian English.

[nq:1]Yes, I wondered if the statements in favour of 'snuck' in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary were only meant to apply to Canadian English.[/nq]
The real COD ('C' not standing for 'Canadian') has snuck
informal, chiefly N. Amer. past and past participle of sneak. (So in COD10 & COD11, not mentioned in COD8 & earlier)

[nq:1]In particular, the COD listed 'snuck' before 'sneaked', which I assume indicates that it is considered the primary form. It ... in favour of 'snuck' than the AmE example you gave, which listed 'sneaked' first and marks 'snuck' as "chiefly dialect".[/nq]
If more people say and write "snuck" than "sneaked" in colloquial English, then that's the chief form and will be considered to be both

[nq:2]Same is true for AmE: (quote: W3NID) Main Entry:1sneak Function:verb ... or chiefly dialect snuck; sneaking; sneaks (/quote) Believe the COD.[/nq]
[nq:1]Swallop. "I sneaked in without paying" is the only form I'd expect in BrE, however informal the register.[/nq]
"snuck" is one of the few purely US English words which I adopted during my teenage American sojourns and brought home for

[nq:2]Yes, I wondered if the statements in favour of 'snuck' in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary were only meant to apply to Canadian English.[/nq]
[nq:1]The real COD ('C' not standing for 'Canadian') has snuck informal, chiefly N. Amer. past and past participle of sneak. (So in COD10 & COD11, not mentioned in COD8 & earlier)[/nq]
Does the real COD (mine's in a box hi, Mike!) say whet

[nq:1]"I sneaked in without paying" is the only form I'd expect in BrE, however informal the register.[/nq]
"Snuck" seems to have sneaked into BrE recently, but almost everyone would recognize it as an Americanism, like "dove" for "dived".

David

[nq:2]"I sneaked in without paying" is the only form I'd expect in BrE, however informal the register.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Snuck" seems to have sneaked into BrE recently, but almost everyone would recognize it as an Americanism, like "dove" for "dived".[/nq]
It recently snuck in, sho 'nuff. Still, I see from the OED:

'1969 Oz May 3/1 It was sticking out of a dustbin the mag I mean so I sn