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Rigid Brain vs. "I am sat ..."

Damojo

Nobody likes a pedant (as I've discovered over the years), but, c'mon peepz: rulez is rulez!

Here is what my rigid brain's thought tornado is hitting me with several times a day, every day:

  • If asked where you are headed, you might reply, "I am going to the park."
  • If asked what you are up to, you might reply, "I am listening to Taylor Swift."
  • If asked where you are located, why the hell would you say, "I am sat on a chair"?!

If it's not, "I am went ...," and it's not, "I am listened ...," then it's not, "I am sat ..."! It's "SITTING"!

And the same goes for "I am stood" and "I was sat", etc. No. Just. No.

God, that feels better. Let me feel the love! Bring it on!

E&OE

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  • I agree.

    Initially I wondered if this was an American thing, as they often use the simple past tense where we would use the present perfect (example: "I didn't read it yet" - American Eng vs "I haven't read it yet" - British Eng) but apparently I am sat instead of sitting is more likely to be used in certain parts of England. It's a mixture of two tenses - "I am" is present and "sat" is past, so it's wrong, just wrong!

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  • I agree.

    Initially I wondered if this was an American thing, as they often use the simple past tense where we would use the present perfect (example: "I didn't read it yet" - American Eng vs "I haven't read it yet" - British Eng) but apparently I am sat instead of sitting is more likely to be used in certain parts of England. It's a mixture of two tenses - "I am" is present and "sat" is past, so it's wrong, just wrong!

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