Amusing, but the OED has this to say:gedhrelMay 19 2006, 13:23:14 UTC
[f. root of next. There are prob. two or three different formations: OE. *scite dung (= MLG. schite), scitte diarrh{oe}a; also mod.E. dial. shite f. the vb. (cf. ON. skît-r, MLG. schît). The form shite now chiefly occurs as an occasional jocular or quasi-euphemistic variant.]
and [The form shite represents OE. *scítan, pa. tense *scát, pa. pple. -sciten (in be-sciten), corresponding to OFris. *skîta (NFris. sk{ibreve}tj, pa. tense skäd, pa. pple. skedden), MLG. schîten, Du. schijten, OHG. scî{hgz}an (MHG. schî{hgz}an, mod.G. scheissen), ON. skíta (MSw. skîta, Da. skide), f. OTeut. root *sk{imacbreve}t-. The now more common form shit is influenced by the pa. pple. or the related n.]
There are quotes going back to ~1000AD; and google finds a lot of debunking.
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There are prob. two or three different formations: OE. *scite dung (= MLG. schite), scitte diarrh{oe}a; also mod.E. dial. shite f. the vb. (cf. ON. skît-r, MLG. schît). The form shite now chiefly occurs as an occasional jocular or quasi-euphemistic variant.]
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[The form shite represents OE. *scítan, pa. tense *scát, pa. pple. -sciten (in be-sciten), corresponding to OFris. *skîta (NFris. sk{ibreve}tj, pa. tense skäd, pa. pple. skedden), MLG. schîten, Du. schijten, OHG. scî{hgz}an (MHG. schî{hgz}an, mod.G. scheissen), ON. skíta (MSw. skîta, Da. skide), f. OTeut. root *sk{imacbreve}t-. The now more common form shit is influenced by the pa. pple. or the related n.]
There are quotes going back to ~1000AD; and google finds a lot of debunking.
So: I don't believe it!
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Clearly I am malfunctioning as a humourless automaton, and will not self destruct.
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