that people hav a tendency to say "I was sat" instead of " was sitting" . Whats happening to our lovey English language.?
2006-07-08 03:37:40 · 11 answers · asked by beyond paradise 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I have heard this so often on the tv in London and was amazed...but then the standard of English has gone down radically in England and its a great pity to see whats happening to our beautiful language.
2006-07-09 18:39:58 · update #1
The English language is not being taught very well any more. Notice how so many people on these boards cannot spell and have poor grammar skills. They don't read and school is a big joke.
2006-07-08 03:43:35 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"I was sat"... Who says that???
I've never heard anyone say that... do you live in Virginia by any chance? Not to down Virginians (they actually have a much higher school criteria than here in Californina), but I lived there for 3 years and heard some of the worse english on earth!
2006-07-08 10:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by .·:*RENE*:·. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who the heck says "I was sat" That is incredibly moronic. People are just lazy in language and anything else for that matter. With the ghetto crowd, it seems that the more imroper English that is used, the cooler you seem to be.
2006-07-08 10:42:35 · answer #3 · answered by Michael F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anymore questions? Posted over an hour ago. No answers.
I am listening in real time, to the """"President"""" of the National Education Association.
Read below. Any questions about our schools?
Homogeanous was juat utterd by this man, spoken thusly:
phonetically:
Homo jeen yus.
Anyone here see any error here?
Annndddd, how about this?
"The mind is a terrible thing to waste" Geeesssshhhh!
ANY QUESTIONS?
I finished 12th grade.
2006-07-08 10:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a bigger problem with the people who pronounce mischievous as miss-CHEEV-ee-ous instead of MISS-chiv-ous, and you find bad grammar varies in different regions e.g. in Fife people frequently say "I seen", I've saw", "I've no saw" and in other parts of the UK they have different but equally bad grammar. It's probably a sign that a) idiots are being allowed to multiply, b) teaching standards have dropped, c) bad grammar on TV might be an influence.
2006-07-08 16:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sitting sounds so much better than sat i know its going to to pot
are lovely english language
2006-07-08 10:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sat is in the past tense isn't it?
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet....
2006-07-08 10:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still can't get over people saying "loose" when they mean "Lose" or "Dose" when they mean "Does" its all going down hill pal, best to sit back and enjoy the ride.
2006-07-08 10:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by Ajescent 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know its disgraceful isn't it? I also hate it when people say "arks" instead of asks and if you say my leg is itchy people tell you to "itch it". Whatever happened to scratching? lol
2006-07-08 10:41:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh that just scary, I've never heard that one. I just don't know what's going on!
2006-07-08 10:42:55 · answer #10 · answered by JulyBaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋