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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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  • Gen Z for you 

    I actually got bullied for saying things like I am sitting instead of I’m sat, also got bullied for saying things like isn’t instead of ain’t. Sheesh can’t I just be myself? So glad my parents brought me up the way they did 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    Crikey! You just can't win, sometimes, can you? You try to use language with precision to ensure you are understood and then they hold that very precision itself against you. I hope these twits are now in your rear-view mirror. You can always feel free to say "I am sitting" around here!

  • in reply to Damojo

    Thank you! I can safely say I am SITTING on the sofa whilst I write this reply! Ugh tell me about not being able to win! As people say, walking on egg shells! They used to call me the chav for how I spoke and pronounced and worded things. I’m far away from them now but where ever I go I attract more twits! Why can’t I just be myself? So hard to just ignore you know especially when things repeatedly happen! 

  • in reply to Damojo

    Hi just got the notification! Will reply to that thread now! I do tend to do other things but stay logged on throughout the day so I tend to reply when I’m on my phone again.

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