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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: Joe 6-pack
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.

LOL! Trust me ... not everybody speaks perfect English in Texas. And Texas English is exactly what I based my comment on. Perhaps you learned a lot from the folks up in your neck o' da woods, but I can't say the same for the "I seens" in these parts.

43 posted on 07/28/2008 11:07:11 AM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I heared that! You go, Joe!


57 posted on 07/28/2008 7:32:26 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Don't cheer for Obama too hard - the krinton syndicate is moving back into the WH.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

> 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.

(giggle!) Hell-Funny! Well-said!


58 posted on 07/29/2008 2:56:20 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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