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Just been listening to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlG-vN8i9Qc

A nice version but, it just occurred to me:

If I was in LA?

Lovely performance, swarbrules, but do you want "were" rather than "was"?

RT36
Generous packed amount, say (7)
Chambers strongly disagrees with the definition but, sadly, Google AI doesn't!

It was irritating on Saturday morning TV that 2 chefs used "marinade" correctly as a noun, but then used the word as a verb instead of "marinate".

Is it just an extreme example of D replacing T in so many words*

So many seem to spread budder on their toast and drink bidder.

* No it isn't, but it lets me get it off my chest.

It's the other way round, but David Wilcocks (and probably other choral conductors) always got his choir to voice their Ds as Ts, as it sounds more crisp.

...mostly at the ends of words, though.

Grunger, I'm perfectly happy with 'marinade' as a verb - because Chambers is perfectly happy with 'marinade' as a verb! The definition says ' to steep in a marinade (also marinate)'. And 'marinate' doesn't get a listing on its own, so I don't feel it's been usurped!

Malone
You have to remember that Chambers is descriptive, not prescriptive, so it includes all sorts of usages that are just plain wrong! I wish they were more ready to add "incorrect" or similar.

Thanks, ChrisE. I'd have been quite happy to correct Chambers if I'd thought it was necessary - but 'marinade' as a verb has been used since the late 17th century! That's from the Oxford Dictionary of English. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has 'marinade' as a verb first used 1700-1729.