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21Likes- 21-Dec-2011, 12:47 #1
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I says Have I caught it right that at the end of the audio file he says: "I says"?
I says.mp3
(UKBlack: with Eddie Nestor Weds 21st December 2011)
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- 21-Dec-2011, 13:03 #2
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Teacher Re: I says Yes, he says "I says".
Originally Posted by suprunp 
- 21-Dec-2011, 18:49 #3
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Re: I says Apparently, some people find it "cool" to use the third-person singular present tense suffix after I + verb. Eg., "I loves you." (I've even come across with, "I loveth you. "
I assume the person who wrote this wanted to be "super cool". 
), "I has it." I have noticed this with a bunch of native English speakers, mostly American girls.
Is this really "trendy"?
How do these sentences ("I loves you.", "I loveth you.", "I has it.", etc.) sound to an educated American?
- 21-Dec-2011, 18:51 #4
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Teacher Re: I says The speaker in suprunp's post is a black British person.
- 21-Dec-2011, 18:53 #5
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Teacher Re: I says Bhai. Originally Posted by ~Mav~ Apparently, some people find it "cool" to use the third-person singular present tense suffix after I + verb. Eg., "I loves you." (I've even come across with, "I loveth you. " I assume the person who wrote this wanted to be "super cool". ), "I has it." I have noticed this with a bunch of native English speakers, mostly American girls.
Is this really "trendy"? How does ? these sentences ("I loves you.", "I loveth you.", "I has it.", etc.) sound to an educated American?
- 21-Dec-2011, 19:09 #6
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Re: I says Those American girls I was referring to were Caucasian, in their early twenties. Originally Posted by bhaisahab 
(Mostly.)
Anyway, how does a sentence like this, "I loves you." - or any other sentence using this structure - sound to a native English speaker?
- 21-Dec-2011, 19:11 #7
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Teacher Re: I says It sounds like playing with language to me. Originally Posted by ~Mav~ Those American girls I was referring to were Caucasian, in their early twenties. (Mostly.)
Anyway, how does a sentence like this, "I loves you." - or any other sentence using this structure - sound to a Native English speaker?
- 21-Dec-2011, 19:20 #8
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Teacher Re: I says If it's genuine dialect, (there are several BrE dialects in which the conjugation is I/you/(s)he/we they loves, others in which it is I/you/(s)he/we/they love), then I have nothing against it. After all, I speak a dialect - mine just happens to be slightly dated standard BrE RP. Originally Posted by ~Mav~
If it's put on as a mark of solidarity for or against something, then it irritates me. That's just my personal dislike of artificialityContext is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 21-Dec-2011, 19:24 #9
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Re: I says So, in proper context (for example, in a friendly conversation among native speakers), would you NOT deem it to be incorrect grammar? (As for, "I loveth you.", then I'd suggest, "I loveth thee." - just to be "stylistic." Originally Posted by bhaisahab 
) So far, I have thought that this is definitely incorrect, but if you approve it, I'll concede. 
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I see. Originally Posted by 5jj Thank you for your answer.
- 21-Dec-2011, 19:27 #10
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Teacher Re: I says It's not grammatically correct, things we say to each other in private don't have to be. Originally Posted by ~Mav~ So, in proper context (for example, in a friendly conversation among native speakers), would you NOT deem it to be incorrect grammar? (As for, "I loveth you.", then I'd suggest, "I loveth thee." - just to be "stylistic." ) So far, I have thought that this is definitely incorrect, but if you approve it, I'll concede.
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