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He did, but it sounds wrong to me.I think Edward Norton said "sleptwalked".
I'm asking because the form is mentioned in Wiktionary as a rare, non-standard form. I'm not sure if I should understand that it's used rarely and non-standardly only when someone makes a mistake or jokes, or if it's used regularly by some people.
Well, it does seem that neither Norton nor Ferguson noticed that during the interview.
Certainly. That's why I used the word "seem".Either that or Ferguson just didn't bother correcting his grammar . It surely would have made for an interesting question for us, 'I'm sorry, sleptwalked?', although I'm guessing that most of his audience wouldn't care for his linguistic investigation.
Please do, and don't forget to post!If I ever hear a native speaker say "sleptwalked" - although that's probably not very likely to happen as I very rarely hear people talk about this activity - I'll be sure to ask whether that was what he or she meant or whether it was a mistake. I'm quite curious now.