"Dived" or "Dove"??

[picxie]

I vaguely remember reading an article on this, with the authors opinion being that the correct term was 'dived'.

Personally I don't care. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

But I do use the term 'dived' and am curious as to what others use (although I have noticed 'doved' appears a lot here)? Ever come across someone real pedantic who corrected you?

[Ajuva]

I saw this recently and had bookmarked it.

http://tenfootstop.blogspot.com/2005...t-from-dr.html

Sad possibly but not intentionally pedantic.

Ajuva

[Centerius]

I don't care if you say dived or dove, but "doved" is just plain wrong.

[Wolfie2012]

I've been known to use dived and dove... though not doved... that's just a bit weird

[ReefHound]

Diven or doven?

[hydro]

Dove is a small pigeon.

Dived is the past tense of dive.

[ParrotHead]

[Wolfie2012]

Originally Posted by hydro

Dove is a small pigeon.

Dived is the past tense of dive.

Actually, both are accepted as correct.

—Usage note Both dived and dove are standard as the past tense of dive. Dived, historically the older form, is somewhat more common in edited writing, but dove occurs there so frequently that it also must be considered standard: The rescuer dove into 20 feet of icy water. Dove is an Americanism that probably developed by analogy with alternations like drive, drove and ride, rode. It is the more common form in speech in the northern United States and in Canada, and its use seems to be spreading. The past participle of dive is always dived.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dove

[ScubaToys Larry]

Darn you Wolfie... If you give an educated, authoritative answer, what are all these people going to do on their computers when they're at work!?

[Black-Gorrilla]

it's like think and thunk?
i've seen all kinds of doves and doved and dived and what nots...
thanks for the educated clear up wolfie!