# Why dived instead of dove?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 19, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369 "2006-08-19T20:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369/21 "2006-08-20T10:19:00Z")

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What’s wrong with _Dave_?

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369/22 "2006-08-20T10:27:11Z")

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[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog]  
What’s wrong with _Dave_?  
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I’m sure there’s plenny of Daves who will insist there is nothing wrong with them wotsoever. However, we know they are wrong. Dave is synonymous with dysfunctionality and personality disorders.

😃

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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369/23 "2006-08-20T10:33:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Mindfield]  
Really? I encounter it so rarely, even among Brits.  
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I use both spelt and dived as the norm. I thought “dove” was just plain wrong until I moved to America.

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**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369/24 "2006-08-20T10:45:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Excalibre]  
Um, no, he’s not. _Wrought_ is an old past participle of _work_. _Wright_ has only ever been, to my knowledge, a noun. So says both [etymonline.com](http://etymonline.com) and that Stephen Pinker book (I don’t remember which of his it was, but I remember reading that bit.)

I thought he said work, wrought. Did I misread again? Oh well.

Work, worked.

Work that thang, baby. When you’re done it’ll be wrought.

Hmph.

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**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dived-instead-of-dove/369369/25 "2006-08-20T10:48:07Z")

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[QUOTE=AHunter3]  
I’m not going to live that down, am I?  
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When Hal lives down sheep.

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