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

Started by bandit957, September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM

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Brandon

Quote from: hbelkins on September 16, 2017, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 16, 2017, 06:10:49 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
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.

Speaking from a Chicago/Detroit perspective, Cincy is more southern than midwestern.  It's roots are Appalachian, not Midlands or from New England.  Therefore, it's more southern than midwestern.  Same goes for far downstate Illinois and Indiana.
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jwolfer

#26
Older versions of English had stem changes not different endings for different tenses

Some stem changes survive today in general use or in certain dialects.

Buyed fits the rules, so a child( or really anyone) learning English is likely to say buyed or goed instead of went

LGMS428

jwolfer

#27
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
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.
Northern Kentucky is as Southern as Northern Virginia or South Florida.

If someone said Alexandria, Virginia or Boca Raton, Florida was not in any way shape or form Northeastern that would be crazy

LGMS428

hbelkins

Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

This is also common in the rural Appalachians.


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SignGeek101

Never heard "buyed". I have heard "brang" instead of "brought" though.

Takumi

Quote from: jwolfer on September 16, 2017, 09:41:42 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
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.
Northern Kentucky is as Southern as Northern Virginia or South Florida.

If someone said Alexandria, Virginia or Boca Raton, Florida was not in any way shape or form Northeastern that would be crazy
+1. Virginia is a completely different state north of Fredericksburg.
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Quote from: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
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 . . .

You're not the only one.  AP style is wrong about a lot of things.  Don't get me started on the penultimate comma.




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jakeroot

Quote from: vdeane on September 18, 2017, 01:09:54 PM
The Oxford Comma is quite necessary.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/the-oxford-comma-is-extremely-important-and-everyone-should?utm_term=.ebyYYNmD0#.bjAqqK6MA

I didn't realize that people didn't put a comma before "and". I've always done this. Of course, I always put punctuation marks outside of quotes (when at the end of a sentence), rather than inside the quotes. Not sure when I started picking up British writing styles.

ColossalBlocks

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Quote from: ColossalBlocks on September 18, 2017, 01:49:45 PM
Those who say 'buyed' instead of 'bought' shall be convicted of treason of the highest order in Alanland.

What about those who've said it accidentally? I admitted as much in the third post. Apparently everyone else is fuckin' perfect.

JJBers

Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 01:55:41 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on September 18, 2017, 01:49:45 PM
Those who say 'buyed' instead of 'bought' shall be convicted of treason of the highest order in Alanland.

What about those who've said it accidentally? I admitted as much in the third post. Apparently everyone else is fuckin' perfect.
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Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".
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Brandon

Quote from: triplemultiplex on September 18, 2017, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".

While dropping the "r" everywhere else.

Please, pak the cah.
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jakeroot

Quote from: Brandon on September 18, 2017, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on September 18, 2017, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".

While dropping the "r" everywhere else.

Please, pak the cah.

Intrusive "R" versus non-rhotic "R". English really is a lovely language.

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US 81

I worked with someone from rural Michigan who said "buyed" more often than "bought" and who also frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....





GaryV

Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who said "buyed" more often than "bought" and who also frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....
Or an individual.

jakeroot

Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

US 81

Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian. 

jakeroot

Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").

US 81

Quote from: jakeroot on September 19, 2017, 06:25:56 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").

He did indeed conjugate many words differently than "standard" American English, but it definitely seemed to be usage and not a speech impediment: past tense verbs, usually if not always first-person, both singular and plural.

FWIW, he described himself as having been raised in a very rural area of the UP. (As a Texan who has not yet had the pleasure of visiting, I don't really see any "citified" areas of the UP on the map....)

LM117

I've been through a few states and never once heard anyone say "buyed". Never.
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jakeroot

Quote from: US 81 on September 20, 2017, 05:57:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 19, 2017, 06:25:56 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").

He did indeed conjugate many words differently than "standard" American English, but it definitely seemed to be usage and not a speech impediment: past tense verbs, usually if not always first-person, both singular and plural.

FWIW, he described himself as having been raised in a very rural area of the UP. (As a Texan who has not yet had the pleasure of visiting, I don't really see any "citified" areas of the UP on the map....)

Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

triplemultiplex

"Buyed" sounds like something a toddler would say.
e.g.
"My daddy buyed a new car!"
"That's just like... your opinion, man."



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