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To: Perdogg
"I seen ..."

No need to read any further than that.

11 posted on 07/28/2008 9:55:05 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: al_c
"I seen ..." No need to read any further than that.

Where I grew up in Western Pennsylvania, "I seen" is a very common speech error which simply results from the language people are raised with. If I discounted everything I heard simply because the speaker started with, "I seen," I would have had to ignore the lessons I learned from a lot of old WWII vets, coal miners, steel workers and a lot of otherwise very intelligent, if undereducated people. Unfortunately the rest of our nation is not like Texas, where no doubt, every person speaks perfect English.

27 posted on 07/28/2008 10:11:08 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: al_c
"I seen"

I had a COLLEGE GRADUATE!!! co-worker who constantly used that grammatical monstrosity. I brought him up on it one day at work, and he argued that he was right to use it. I couldn't talk him out of the usage.

42 posted on 07/28/2008 11:05:07 AM PDT by driftless2
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