When did "I seen" become acceptable?!?!? VENT!!!!

[Kies99]

I can't stand it anymore!!

When did it become acceptable to type or say the words "I seen"?!?!?!

"I seen this at Disney....."

"I seen this on tv...."

"I seen..."

I makes me so mad I want to just grab that person and shake...beat...throttle....ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!

It is not "I seen...".

It is "I saw..."!!!

Okay, vent over!

 

[cinmell]

I know a couple of people who say "I seen" and it makes me crazy. .

 

[Muushka]

Using 'seen' incorrectly has been around as long as I can remember.

NEVER acceptable! Drives me crazy.

 

[LoraJ]

My grammar is not the greatest, but "I seen" drives me nuts.
So does "getting my hair did."

 

[Kies99]

Glad I'm not the only one who goes crazy over this!

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like it is being used this way more and more frequently. I really gets to me when typed in an e-mail or on a message board.

Just had to vent.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I've heard it and been driven crazy by it my entire life As far as I am concerned it will never become acceptable (if only I controlled the world).

 

[onelilspark]

One of my ex-boyfriends used to say that. Drove me batty.

 

[Handbag Lady]

It drives me nuts.

Along with, "where you at?"

 

[M&N]

Ain't it just awful? There English teacher must not been teachin them nothing!

Is it a regional thing? I never heard ain't until I moved to PA.

 

[Kathi OD]

"I seen" has not become acceptable. It's use is considered sub-standard and has long been associated with those who are uneducated. However, the reason it makes me so crazy is the people I hear using it are generally well-educated. (MIL is a perfect example, since she has an advanced degree from the University of Pennsylvania). Guess either she was absent the day her class learned that "seen" needs an auxiliary verb with it, or the Ivies aren't all they're cracked up to be.

 

[kelleigh1]

I'm with you! I won't claim to have perfect grammar, but that is one of those things that isn't even close.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Drives me nuts too. Double negatives drive me even crazier!!!

"I do not want nothing"

 

[brockash]

I can't stand it anymore!!

When did it become acceptable to type or say the words "I seen"?!?!?!

"I seen this at Disney....."

"I seen this on tv...."

"I seen..."

I makes me so mad I want to just grab that person and shake...beat...throttle....ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!

It is not "I seen...".

It is "I saw..."!!!

Okay, vent over!

I couldn't agree more. It annoys the crap out of me. Why on earth would you want to sound sooo uneducated; I mean for goodness sakes, it's very simple grammar. If you really don't know, how the heck did you get through school, shame on the ppl. that didn't teach you how to speak correct English.

The worst is when you see some type of "professional" on t.v. doing an interview using it. Drives me nuts.

 

[SplashMtnCrew]

I hate hearing "I seen" as much as I hate hearing "she goes" or "he goes" in place of "she said" or "he said"

Sometimes I intentionally ask people "Where did they go?"

 

[Liberty Belle]

I actually hear it a lot less than I used to, thank goodness.

I don't get the horrible frustration, though.

 

[MariDisney]

I hate "I seen" almost a much as I hate "would/could of". My blood runs cold.

 

[Cool-Beans]

DH says it. Drives me NUTS!!! I always attribute it to his public school education.

But what drives me bonkers is the attachment of superfluous prepositions to the ends of sentences.

Where is it AT?

Where are you going TO?

My kids did it. Made me batty. I was always saying things like, "It's on top of the TV. At."

"I'm going to the grocerty store. To."

I hear adults doing it all the time. I always want to ask WHY they have to add superfluous words that make no sense to the ends of their sentences, but that would be rude, so I don't. But I do really wish someone would tell me why this is done.

They really should start pounding the old, "Do not end a sentence with a preposition" into children's heads.

 

[S. C.]

We say it to drive all of you batty!

 

[Cindyluwho]

This may come out sounding wrong but I would not, absolutely would NOT, hire someone to work at my company if they used that kind of grammar. I don't care what kind of educational background they have, it sounds uneducated, lazy and just plain stupid! If they don't care enough to use the proper grammar, then I don't care enough to hire them.

 

[imabrat]

FTR, you are not allowed to "axe" me. You can ASK me, but you can not AXE me.