"paid" and "laid"

Ri   Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:52 am GMT
Why are they spelled that way rather than "payed" and "layed"?
Caspian   Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:25 pm GMT
Maybe it's the same reason that a similar thing happens in French.

Payer - je paie, tu paies etc
Nyang Nyang   Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:47 pm GMT
You paid to get laid? Hope the whore was of acceptable quality.
Edward Teach   Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:06 pm GMT
in Bangkok? The whores come no finer, I assure you.