Led down

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 16/09/2017 11:51

As in "I was led down on the sofa when the doorbell rang".

Where does it originate from? It's so odd!

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endehors · 16/09/2017 12:08

Have you just spotted this on another thread I have.

Do they mean laid? Though that doesn't sound right either. Is it some variant?

dementedpixie · 16/09/2017 12:10

Never heard or seen it before

NataliaOsipova · 16/09/2017 12:11

Do you mean "lying down"? I've never heard "led down", although my DH, who is a northerner, often talks about "laying down".

MaisieDotes · 16/09/2017 12:14

They obviously mean "laid down" and it comes from the same stable as "I was sat there in tears" or "I was stood waiting".

thecatfromjapan · 16/09/2017 12:15

"Lying down" > ""laid down" (incorrect/regional use of passive/past tense) -> "led" (phonetic spelling), I guess.

insancerre · 16/09/2017 12:18

I think it's probably regional dialect
Dh says tret for treated which I find odd but he's from the NE and I'm from the south

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 16/09/2017 17:32

It must be dialect. I've heard it in speech and assumed it was a pronunciation of "laid" but had never seen it written down as "led". It looks much odder written down than it sounds to hear it spoken!

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NerrSnerr · 16/09/2017 17:43

It's dialect. They say it in Gloucester.

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