I Seen!

[Tinijocaro]

Since bad spelling is a pet peeve of yours, I thought you might want to know that grammar is the correct spelling.

I got nailed on this one too once! I have never spelled it wrong since then! Another word I have trouble spelling correctly is restaurant. I always want to spell it restaraunt, but then it looks weird, so I change it.

 

[DLSuperVet]

Bad spelling is a little rough on the eyes as far as I'm concerned but I've tried to make peace with people that are at least trying to write out a coherent thought. It's those people who insist on typing like they're still using their phone to text message. Is it that hard to type out an entire word?

i h8 wen pplz do dat lolz

The pet peeve I'll take into 2009 will be people who misuse every day sayings.
Mute point, tow the line, soaping wet, take it for granite, curve your enthusiasm, social leopard, biting his time, could of, duck tape, doggy dog world, French benefits, irregardless, statue of limitations and many others really burn me up. If people don't know what they actually are then they shouldn't use them. They sound less intelligent while trying to sound more intelligent.

Other than that I've come to live with people and their stunted vocabulary.
"I seen this guy talking to that girl you was with last night." is a pretty common phrase where I live. I'm more disappointed in them than I am angry. It's too bad that there wasn't somebody there correcting them when they were younger. They're the same people that use "there" and "your" as the spelling for everything that has a similar sound.

I also get mad when Kate Gosselin says, "It's are life." but I understand that's just an accent thing. I'll get over it.

This is a really long response. I'm sorry.

 

[SundancePass]

As an English and Speech woman, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and using the word correctly are very important to me. However, one of my pet peeves is IRREGARDLESS. There is no such word! It might be in the dictionary, but the word id REGARDLESS.

Also, I corrected my children daily when they were growing up. Now my DS, 31, who is married to another English major thanks me every day as she corrects him as well. Giggle. It makes me laugh.

One of the funniest things I have said in my life was "No IS a complete sentence". No one got it for a moment.


I love this thread!

 

[OK!]

I once saw someone post (I don't think it was this board) the following: "It's a doggy-dog world". Heavens to Betsy, that doesn't even make sense (unlike the real phrase "it's a dog-eat-dog world").

OH! That reminds me of an expression I hear all the time, frequently uttered by sportscasters: "These two teams can't wait to go mano y mano, Bill." It's "mano A mano," meaning "hand to hand." "Mano y mano" means "hand and hand." Argh.

 

[DLSuperVet]

OH! That reminds me of an expression I hear all the time, frequently uttered by sportscasters: "These two teams can't wait to go mano y mano, Bill." It's "mano A mano," meaning "hand to hand." "Mano y mano" means "hand and hand." Argh.

This always cracks me up.

 

[maleficent1959]

Here is my VOTD (vent of the day):

People, when you say "I seen....whatever" it is just wrong, the correct thing to say is "I saw....whatever"

"I seen...." has been in at least three different posts today.

Also, as a friendly reminder, deFINITEly has the word finite in it, not finate.

Thanks for the vent.

Well, in the Southern dialect (and yes, Southern is a true dialect and not just some mispronounciation and creative wordsmithing) "seen" is the past tense for "see." Remember that so much of the South was isolated for so long after the original settlers started moving in the late 7th and early 18th centuries. Their way of speaking evolved from older forms of English in different ways than other regions of the US. It's one of the reasons "American" English is different from Canadian, Australian, the UK etc. Dialects are grammatically correct whether English teachers and DISers like it or not, and there are many regional dialects in our country. As well as pidgin languages that are being lost too. Unfortunately (in my opinion) as our culture becomes more homogenized we are losing the variations in language, food, and culture that I love about the US.

 

[WeirdEyes]

Wow!I guess ya'll hate ya'll too! This thread is too funny! I live in the south where the errors described are used every day.I understand what you all are saying.It just doesn't bother me as much.

Since I'm from the South, I use y'all all of the time....as in you all.

My DH says, "I seen....." and it drives me insane! I have been correcting him for 22 years. Every time he says it, I say, "You SAW! You SAW!" I still love him.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

As an English and Speech woman, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and using the word correctly are very important to me. However, one of my pet peeves is IRREGARDLESS. There is no such word! It might be in the dictionary, but the word id REGARDLESS.

Also, I corrected my children daily when they were growing up. Now my DS, 31, who is married to another English major thanks me every day as she corrects him as well. Giggle. It makes me laugh.

One of the funniest things I have said in my life was "No IS a complete sentence". No one got it for a moment.


I love this thread!

Freudian slip? hehehe

Bad spelling is a little rough on the eyes as far as I'm concerned but I've tried to make peace with people that are at least trying to write out a coherent thought. It's those people who insist on typing like they're still using their phone to text message. Is it that hard to type out an entire word?

i h8 wen pplz do dat lolz

The pet peeve I'll take into 2009 will be people who misuse every day sayings.
Mute point, tow the line, soaping wet, take it for granite, curve your enthusiasm, social leopard, biting his time, could of, duck tape, doggy dog world, French benefits, irregardless, statue of limitations and many others really burn me up. If people don't know what they actually are then they shouldn't use them. They sound less intelligent while trying to sound more intelligent.

Other than that I've come to live with people and their stunted vocabulary.
"I seen this guy talking to that girl you was with last night." is a pretty common phrase where I live. I'm more disappointed in them than I am angry. It's too bad that there wasn't somebody there correcting them when they were younger. They're the same people that use "there" and "your" as the spelling for everything that has a similar sound.

I also get mad when Kate Gosselin says, "It's are life." but I understand that's just an accent thing. I'll get over it.

This is a really long response. I'm sorry.

Unless you are like me, and I go for a malaprop every once in a whale.
hehehehe

 

[mum4jenn]

Well, in the Southern dialect (and yes, Southern is a true dialect and not just some mispronounciation and creative wordsmithing) "seen" is the past tense for "see." Remember that so much of the South was isolated for so long after the original settlers started moving in the late 7th and early 18th centuries. Their way of speaking evolved from older forms of English in different ways than other regions of the US. It's one of the reasons "American" English is different from Canadian, Australian, the UK etc. Dialects are grammatically correct whether English teachers and DISers like it or not, and there are many regional dialects in our country. As well as pidgin languages that are being lost too. Unfortunately (in my opinion) as our culture becomes more homogenized we are losing the variations in language, food, and culture that I love about the US.

I have lived in the South all my life and I SEEN will NEVER be a proper way to speak. Yes many people say it and many of those are uneducated.

 

[MickeysMommy]

Prolly is one of my LEAST favorite pseudo words on the Dis.

Me too. I can NOT stand that "word"!!! It drives me insane!

 

[Kycha]

Me too. I can NOT stand that "word"!!! It drives me insane!

Ranks right up there with supposebly.

 

[wendylady36]

My best friend says "I seen" and I cringe every time I hear her say it.

 

[Candace]

Well, in the Southern dialect (and yes, Southern is a true dialect and not just some mispronounciation and creative wordsmithing) "seen" is the past tense for "see." Remember that so much of the South was isolated for so long after the original settlers started moving in the late 7th and early 18th centuries. Their way of speaking evolved from older forms of English in different ways than other regions of the US. It's one of the reasons "American" English is different from Canadian, Australian, the UK etc. Dialects are grammatically correct whether English teachers and DISers like it or not, and there are many regional dialects in our country. As well as pidgin languages that are being lost too. Unfortunately (in my opinion) as our culture becomes more homogenized we are losing the variations in language, food, and culture that I love about the US.

Well, I have lived in the South all my life, and never have I known that 'seen' is the past tense for 'see'. The past tense of SEE is SAW, period. To use the word SEEN, you must have a helping verb preceding it such as "I have seen", or "she had seen". It is scary how prevalent this misuse has become. My school principal uses 'seen' and many other grammatical mistakes. She asks me to correct her, but it embarrasses me, so I usually don't. I think it comes from misuse at home just flowing over into everyday speech. We teach correct grammar at school, but when the children don't have to use it at home, they don't remember it. I have taught school on and off for 33 years, and it is really incredible how standard English has deteriorated. Another misuse I often see is the word LOOSE when someone means LOSE. As in, "I am about to loose my mind!" This is a good thread.

 

[#1hockeymom]

I was sitting next to our hockey coach's wife during our last game and I thought my ears were going to bleed if I heard her say, "I seen," one more time! She would even switch to they seen and we seen!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

This is my biggest pet peeve, as well! Drives me crazy when I read something like "I should of gone to the store...". I just want to yell back "No, you should HAVE gone to the store"!

Amen to that one. I totally agree, drives me nuts.

 

[CJBaby]

Actually, this use of 'Hopefully' is correct. It is present tense subjunctive. It begins the dependent clause of the sentence. The 'will go' is the present tense subjunctive in the Independent clause.

Exactly what I was going to say.



I actually read that reply three times trying to make sense of it, but my brain refuses to even attempt to understand! And I'm an English major! (Emphasis in Literature, obviously!)

 

[maleficent1959]

I have lived in the South all my life and I SEEN will NEVER be a proper way to speak. Yes many people say it and many of those are uneducated.

So has my father, my grandparents and everyone on his side. Their language made me study linguistics, dialects, and Appalachian culture for some time in college and it is still an interest of mine.

It can continue to be a pet peeve of yours, but it, and countless other words and phrases, no longer bother me. And trust me, I was a typical teenager that tried to correct my father many times. Now that I know more about language development I focus my irritation on other pet peeves.

 

[mum4jenn]

So has my father, my grandparents and everyone on his side. Their language made me study linguistics, dialects, and Appalachian culture for some time in college and it is still an interest of mine.

It can continue to be a pet peeve of yours, but it, and countless other words and phrases, no longer bother me. And trust me, I was a typical teenager that tried to correct my father many times. Now that I know more about language development I focus my irritation on other pet peeves.

Not everyone in the South is a part of Appalachian culture.

And lots of people around here use Ebonics and consider it a part of their "culture" but that does not mean that it is proper English language.

 

[PigletsPal2]

I'll concede (spelled correctly?) that hopefully is used as a part of speech other than an adverb, but to my 62-year-old ears it will always be wrong and I'll always cringe when I hear it. DD Princess Tinkerbell is an elemenatary school texbook editor and she says I'm too old school; I'd never correct anyone, but I cringe nonetheless. (And now I'm paranoid about my spelling after being an executive secretary for 35+ years! )

Queen Colleen

 

[SavvyMom]

Brung as in, "She brung her phone with her." My 3rd grade teacher hated that word and threatened bodily harm to anyone that used it. My teeth hurt just thinking about it.