Cast, casts, casting, but not casted...

[shooter2]

OK, this is for the english majors.

In my dictionary I find cast, casts, and casting, but not casted. It's always seemed odd to say, "I cast a hundred bullets" for the past tense, but "I casted a hundred bullets" seemed worse. The New Heritage Dictionary does not even have the word "casted", ergo, it is not a word. "I cast my net upon the waters" always seemed OK also for present tense or past tense. So, I usually resort to something like "I poured a couple hundred".

What say you all?

[sundog]

It's a colloquialism, REAL americana. Sooner or later the dictionary folks will catch up. After all, we are on the leading edge of technology with our casted boolits. Aren't we? sundog

[Buckshot]

..................Ahyup, ah dun gon an casted me up sum boolits t'other Monday, week ago.

Huh, sounds fine to me?

................Buckshot

[Bret4207]

Drives me nutz. Same with "sheeps", "deers", Wal Martsez" and "Good, God fearing, fiscally conservative, war hero Democrat". Those ain't in my dikshunarry.