Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?

[bandit957]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

[US 89]

Speaking from Utah, I can honestly say I have never heard this anywhere. It's definitely not a West thing.

[jakeroot]

I often say it incorrectly, and then immediately I correct myself. I almost always say "buyed" when someone asks me if I bought [specific item], to which I sometimes reply "I buyed it -- sorry, bought it".

I don't hear anyone else say it. I think I'm just retarded.

EDIT 18 SEP: My original post suggested that I use "buyed" intentionally, which is not the case.

[jp the roadgeek]

I always say bought; never hear buyed.     I usually hear "brang" from young kids, but sometimes, I'll use "done brung" kind of tongue in cheek.

One in these parts is whether you wait in line or wait on line.  The latter is kind of a New York area thing.

The one that drives me crazy is hung.  It's fine if you did it to the stockings by the chimney with care, but it's incorrect when it refers to having being put to the gallows; that would be hanged 

[jwolfer]

I always say bought; never hear buyed.     I usually hear "brang" from young kids, but sometimes, I'll use "done brung" kind of tongue in cheek.

One in these parts is whether you wait in line or wait on line.  The latter is kind of a New York area thing.

The one that drives me crazy is hung.  It's fine if you did it to the stockings by the chimney with care, but it's incorrect when it refers to having being put to the gallows; that would be hanged

Pictures hung, people are hanged....

Well some men are hung LOL

LGMS428

[kkt]

I've never heard "buyed" except as an accident, and a rare one at that.

[cjk374]

I was always taught that the words "brang" & "buyed" do not exist as proper English or as any correct form of spelled words.

[GaryV]

My teachers learned me to use the correct words.

[hotdogPi]

My Ben & Jerry's make your own tie-dye shirt says:

I tied it
I dyed it
I buyed it

[Duke87]

No, no I do not.

Though that's not to say there aren't any other verbs I do interesting things with. I fairly consistently use "dreamt" (rhymes with "tempt") as the past tense of "dream". This is technically not incorrect - however it is less common/possibly somewhat archaic, and I've had amateur language police harass me about it.

[kkt]

No, no I do not.

Though that's not to say there aren't any other verbs I do interesting things with. I fairly consistently use "dreamt" (rhymes with "tempt") as the past tense of "dream". This is technically not incorrect - however it is less common/possibly somewhat archaic, and I've had amateur language police harass me about it.

I use "dreamt" pretty often, not always.  It is correct.  You have my permission to swat the language police on the nose with the OED if they try to tell you otherwise.

[1995hoo]

Why would anyone older than, say, five years old say "buyed"?

[Jardine]

I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

[1995hoo]

I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

The one that's puzzled me recently is the media using "admonishment" instead of "admonition," especially because the media usually opt for the form that uses fewer characters for space reasons (this is one major reason why the Associated Press omits the serial comma, for example).

[Jardine]

When did 'busted' get approved, BTW ?

And what's wrong with 'broken' ??

[7/8]

I never say "buyed", but I'll somtimes say "broke" instead of "braked". It's annoying that the past tense of "break" and "brake" are different.

[michravera]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

I'v never used "buyed" unless I was deliberately making fun of either the language as a whole or trying to sound childlike.

I've definitely used "byed" as a verbal form "to take a rest or to have no scheduled game for the period of time when everyone else is playing".

"How did you guys do in round 5?"
"We byed".

[adventurernumber1]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I usually say "bought," but sometimes I'll accidentally say "buyed," but it doesn't matter to me.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

I am heavily one as well. Other people, including my mom, scold me when I say "brang," but I refuse to believe that "brang" and "brung" are not legitimate words. They are intensely a part of my personal vocabulary.

[hbelkins]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

No, I don't say "buyed." I say "bought" Or perhaps "got." As in, "I got a package of paper towels at the store like you wanted, honey."

I don't say "brang" but sometimes my rural eastern Kentucky Appalachian-American upbringing comes out and I will say "brung." As in, "I brung those paper towels in when I got home and put them on the kitchen counter."

I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

"Pleaded" is AP style. I used to say "pled" but being a newspaper editor broke me of that. Now, I cringe when I see a media outlet report that someone pled guilty instead of pleaded guilty. I think either are correct according to the dictionary, but pleaded is the correct journalistic term.

[Brandon]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

[Roadgeekteen]

Never heard this.

[hotdogPi]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Do things really change that much just by crossing the Ohio River?

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I say "comprado". The only thing is that English is not my first language . Should I use the word in English, it's always "bought". It's nice to see dialectal differences, as it happens with most, if not all, languages.

[hbelkins]

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Do things really change that much just by crossing the Ohio River?

Despite the fact that much of northern Kentucky (the three northernmost counties) and southwestern Ohio is populated by displaced eastern and southeastern Kentuckians and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, that region is much more midwestern than southern/southeastern.

[JJBers]

Although technically everyone says it erroneously, I often say it knowing its wrong, and then immediately I correct myself. I almost always say "buyed" when someone asks me if I bought [specific item], to which I sometimes reply "I buyed it -- sorry, bought it".

Pretty much the same problem here....