Maybe I am inadvertently committing the Recency Fallacy, but it seems to me that up until last year or so the past participle of pet was petted: “Where do your cats like to be petted?” <http://www.mihav.com/en/forum/share-amp-chat/where-do-your-cats-like-to-162014&gt; “pet; petted; petting” <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pet>&#8230; Read More ›