To ask if the word "sitting" has fallen out of use completely?

[LaPerduta]

See also "lying" and "standing".

I realise there are dialects and that this is Mumsnet, not an academic assignment, but I hardly ever see "sitting" being used when - dare I say it - it should be.

Do I need to move with the times?

This was one of Terry Wogans major moans. He'd read out comments from listeners and preface them with "Im sat here sitting........."

Ah apologies! It even says that on the Wikipedia page I was reading, too - will teach me to read properly.

And that's mega interesting - I love it, I think it's such a useful turn of phrase!

but it's not as bad as "Fred and myself
Myself and Fred

No apologies necessary. I just couldn't resist a bit of pedantry😁

It's extremely useful but unfortunately is not used as frequently as it used to be. I blame it on TV.

Another one you might like is the use of "after". It's used to mean something has just happened. So, "I'm after eating my dinner" means "I have just eaten my dinner".

I’ve seen ‘led’ (as in, “X was led on the floor.”) written in a report from a senior education professional 🙈.

I'm similarly sad about you becoming yous

For most of my life I didn't know "yous" was a word, but apparently it is used in the north of England and Scotland (possibly Ireland as well) and it is the plural of you, not an alternative for it.

Imaginitive?! Oops...

I find all this so unacceptable I can't even read the thread.

Oh I hate “yous”. DHs family use it and now DD is picking up on it. I’m hoping to beat it out of her

Yep, pretty much! 😊

Depends on the part of Ireland. I would use ye but youz would be used in other parts of the country. And yeah, it's plural.

We have to make up for the deficiencies of the english language somehow. Most languages have different words for singular and plural. I assume the Scottish use also comes from Scottish Gaelic which presumably differentiates too.

The pedantry, or the use of "sat" instead of "sitting"?

This is just a different grammatical construction. It's not incorrect.

Nothing, nothing is as bad as gifted!

Are they using it for singular or plural? Sensible adaptation if plural, carry on beating if singular.

Except it is usually used incorrectly.

I've heard newsreaders using 'sat' incorrectly so I feel like it's a losing battle. Determined my children will use it correctly!

In lockdown my children had to watch one of those commercial youtube phonics videos each day. Everyday the teacher would say 'make sure you are sat at a table...' I don't know whether it was my inner English teacher or the stress of lockdown but I put in a complaint and they changed the videos. Small wins. Incredibly depressing that most educational professionals don't realise the difference. Past tense and past progressive are key stage 1 objectives...

Not rtft but my pet hate is at restaurants people saying 'can I get ...?' when they mean 'could I have ....? ' or similar. The answer to 'can I get .....' is either 'no but I can get it for you' or 'yes if you want to go to the kitchen'!

It's not just a different grammatical construct. It's incorrect. You wouldn't say 'I was looked out the window'.

Also hate 'can I get?'!

I'm not a native speaker, and I've never seen or heard the phrase, "I'm sat on my butt" before stumbling upon it on MumsNet. I was really wondering about it. Ah, well.

@MatildaJayne

Bist led down in thur in thee daps me luvver

Gert lush innit

This one is the hill that I will die on. There is absolutely no need for the word utilise!! It can always be replaced with use

I'm sat here outraged at the demise of 'sitting' ;)

I think it's an evolution of language - 'sat' has an inflection/connotation that 'sitting' just doesn't. It may be grammatically incorrect, but it is expressive and informal - and there's nothing wrong with it in conversational use - is there?

@sweeneytoddsrazor

Thas a great ideal my babber! Skinny weak gurt lush.