XPost: alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english, nl.taal   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:26:29 +0000: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) scribeva:   
      
   >Anton Shepelev:   
   >> No idea.  99% of English speech I hear is in songs, and I can't   
   >> seem to remember a song with the words `build' or `built'.   
   >   
   >"We built this city on rock and roll."   
      
   Which is the one I mentioned in my original post, and which gave me   
   the idea for the post, when the announcer on Dutch radio of course   
   said it as "We builddis city on rock and roll."   
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