Rota'd, Rotad, Rotaed Or Rota-Ed?

[misscherry]

Another English question from me please - what's the right way to write rota as a past tense verb? As in, "She's been rota'd to work". Rota'd? Rota-ed? Rotad? Rotaed? They all look weird!

[THECORBYLOON]

I wouldn't use it as a verb, you can use "rostered" or "scheduled" as alternatives.

[Gizmonster]

According to this website, there seems to be a gap in English Grammar and it's a case of personal preference:
https://www.myenglishlanguage.com/2012/09/28/rota-me-in-for-a-lesson-in-past-participles/#:~:text=Past%20participle%20of%20rota%3A%20rotad,feeling%20that%20something%20is%20missing.

..... and this website also agrees:
https://storyempirecom.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/when-you-cant-find-your-past-participle/

[woofgang]

if forced to I would use rota'd but I agree that rostered or scheduled would be better.

[bednobs]

or shes been put on the rota to work blah

[Peter Pedant]

there are some words and word forms that are not written - innit

no one would write - " it's foo innit?" but you see this on a daily basis on AB - the voice of reason and temperance - and logic
and sense

technically rota is a Latin noun and it is being used as verb/ participle. There is a verb roster - which has a past participle rostered
clearly related

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah foo
in Mayor of Casterbridge - by the famous author Hardy. Henchard tried to out-Farfrae, Farfrae - based they say on out-herod , Herod (*)

but he never uses a past tense.

(*) at a wedding - flinging hinself around as in C19 daddy dancing

just saying and trying to help

[Buenchico]

I've just checked with the Oxford English Dictionary, where 'rota' is only recognised as a noun (and not as a verb).

Like, TCL, I'd prefer to go with 'rostered' or similar.

[aboundingboy]

This is easy.

The Latin verb form to rotate is 'rotare'...

Rota is the noun.

So in modern usage, rotared is the past participle verb of rota.

Simples! :-D