s the word "snuck" (past tense of "sneak") used by British or only Americans?

Question

I thought "snuck" was improper, though widely accepted. I almost always said "sneaked." Then my daughter came home from school with "snuck" on her spelling list; that's a pretty good sign that it is accepted. I think I heard that it was an Americanism, so I wondered if it's used by the British.

Answer 1

"First recorded in writing toward the end of the 19th century in the United States, snuck has become in recent decades a standard variant past tense and past participle of the verb sneak: Bored by the lecture, he snuck out the side door. Snuck occurs frequently in fiction and in journalistic writing as well as on radio and television: In the darkness the sloop had snuck around the headland, out of firing range. It is not so common in highly formal or belletristic writing, where sneaked is more likely to occur. Snuck is the only spoken past tense and past participle for many younger and middle-aged persons of all educational levels in the U. S. and Canada. Snuck has occasionally been considered nonstandard, but it is so widely used by professional writers and educated speakers that it can no longer be so regarded."
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Answer 2

Past Tense Of Sneak

Answer 3

Im not british but im american

i say sneaked out. not snucked out.
it personally doesnt make sense to me to say snucked and no ones corrected me... :)

i think ive seen sneaked in books
ah that guy has a good point on freak lol " f u cked" hehe

Answer 4

what other english word is there for the past tense of sneak?

Answer 5

I wasn't aware that "sneaked" was proper English anyway. I'm American and always say "snuck"

Answer 6

What is the past tense of feak? Because I don't give one.

Answer 7

In england we don't accually speak. We just write to each other.

Answer 8

Snuck is improper, its sneeked.

Answer 9

Good question, but both are good in the U.S.

Answer 10

we use it in Australia