"i am sitting here" right. "I am sat here" IS WRONG YOU FUCKERS

[MikeRotch]

amen

fortyplus - you could be really pedantic and say that statement is about the missing ''ve' and ',' as in 'yes, i've done it, yesterday'

he he

What WAS you name?. It was Angels and still IS Angels.

well where I grew up we used sat sitting :o as in" I am sat sitting here watching with interest",covers all angles i think :)

JennyL, in our town there is a business with a sign proclaiming that it is an Independant mortgage broker. You'd think they would have checked the spelling.

My teeth itch when I hear "the baby wants fed" , "the dog wants walked" etc.

Has anyone pointed out that "is wrong" is actually incorrect?

"turned around and said...."

FUCKITYFUCKITYFUCKITYFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!

I hate that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quit fucking doing the spins and just fucking TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALK!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Ah, that's better.

sungirltan 'yes, i've done it, yesterday' is wrong.

If it happened yesterday you need to use past simple - "I did it yesterday."

"I've done it" is present perfect. Either an action that happened in the past but is connected to the present, or an action that was done at some non-specific past time(s).
(Takes TEFL hat off :))

YABU to complain about people who use solecisms when your OP is badly worded and mispunctuated.

Your thread title, I mean.

Hooray for grammar - hold onto the standards as they flap in the wind.

And while we are on the subject... it is aitch and not Haitch thank you very much

For what it's worth OP, your use of capitalisation and grammar in the topic title doesn't exactly follow standard rules either.

I could of posted propar grammer on this thread but couldn't think of nothing to say

speak propar like what I do...

i had a neighbour who said 'torlet' it is fucking TOILET you moron

brought/bought
there/their too
off/of mean different things too

That does my brain in but not as much as all the people selling stuff in our local paper calling things 'chester draws'

She also text her husband yesterday. Argh! No! You textED him!

TheCowardlyLion though you are correct, I think textED is a stupid word, it sounds forced and false. Text'd would be easier on the ear.

To people complaining about OPs grammar - it's complicated...

Oh yes - I am already been on another thread ranting about "text" as past tense. NOT RIGHT AT ALL.

The latter is grammatically incorrect in correct English useage but when taken in the context of the accent, is probably grammatically correct. It seems to preserve a different usage of English, which probably reflects the Scandinavian influence more prevalent in that part of the world once. I would guess the use of "sat" instead of "sit" reflects some attempt to change its form as you would a strong verb rather than changing the ending as you would with a weak verb.