JFF.. Do You Say...

I use both. But I'm more likely to say:

"She was dragging the boy across the floor..." and fill in the dangling part with whatever local dialect suggests (since all areas have their colloquiums that "fit" in empty spaces) &/or my own opinion about it.

A bad habit picked up from traveling so much as a kid. Matching local dialect is the quick way to gain acceptance.

I would have said "drug"... my husband would said "dragged", but he also says "yoons" for "you all"???? How is yoons close to you all? Haha... I guess it just shows you where we come from.

I dragged the drugs out to the trash. lol
not sure,, neither way sounds right now that Ive said it out loud several times.

Being a Texan, I'd say drug.

dragged... interesting explanation here:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/dragged-versus-drug....

When I was in school and being taught grammar (late 50's), it was drag, dragged, drug.

But grammar isn't what it used to be. And neither are schools. Today, schools care more now about how many non-teaching counselors and personnel they can hire rather than "can Johnny read?". When I went to school, I had one principal, one assistant principal and one secretary. Where my last son when to school, they had one principal 4 or 5 vice principals. The principal had two secretaries. Each vice principal had a secretary and then there was a general secretary fo the entire office. And we wonder why our higher and higher taxes never seem to go to better educating our kids.

Good luck to you and yours.

I would've said "dragged" - is that correct? I have to look it up now!

I'd use the redneck of dragged which I guess would be drug.

Do people really say 'drug'??? Never heard of people saying that.

I would have said, dragged..
they also mess up a lot on the word HUNG... when describing things (albeit, could be morbid things) but really.. it's hanged.. and I remember it by saying, pictures are hung , people are hanged...

Im with the other texans (other than bug :) and would of said drug!

In from the south and we say drug. I also say spunt, and sunt.. Like, "hey I sunt cha a email, and damn you spunt all your money already?" So much more, but I don't want to throw u into it all at once...lol

I get it, really I do. I took a test on FB about how you say words too. I say Envelope+on-ve-lope, Pecan+ puh-con, and so many other wards different from a lot of Okies. The test said I had a strong influence of the East coast in my language. The only thing I can think of is that one or more of my teachers were from that area because everyone else I have been around is from backwoods Oklahoma and says words like warshed for washed...not me but a lot of them.

Just depends on how it comes out.
"She drug the boy across the floor"
"She was dragging the boy across the floor."
Even though "drug" isn't gramatically correct, it seems to flow out of my mouth, where as "dragged" doesn't really cross my mind.
=)

Dragged. And, I'm a Texan.

You know, I have no clue! In my head "drug" sounds right, but I can't think of a time I've said it, and I am from Missouri.

Haha, sounds like me versus my 6 year old. It should be drug....but he would say dragged. Different countries of course say things differently. In American, though, it should be drug :).