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wodin · 03-10-2017, 08:17 PM

There's one that I hear a lot, but rarely see in print is the actor substituting "seen" for "saw".

"I seen the chicken cross the road." vs. "I saw the chicken cross the road."

It seems to happen more often in mid-western context than anywhere else.

03-10-2017, 08:17 PM	#20
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	There's one that I hear a lot, but rarely see in print is the actor substituting "seen" for "saw". "I seen the chicken cross the road." vs. "I saw the chicken cross the road." It seems to happen more often in mid-western context than anywhere else.