Ï sees him there

[Johnyxxx]

Hello,

Sometimes I come across "I sees him" (I saw him), "I buys it" (I bought it), I goes there (I went there) etc. Is this kind of jargon still used today? I am asking because I have found it in an older literature (chiefly people from the lowest class used it in the tales).

Thank you very much.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes. It's bad grammar, and it's still used today.

In the US state of Maine, where I live, people often say "I seen him." That's also bad grammar.

 

[Roman55]

It is the type of language used in certain literature meant to depict uneducated lower class characters. I dare say someone somewhere still speaks like this, but it feels very dated to me.

I wouldn't call it jargon, though.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . I wouldn't call it jargon, though.

Right. It's colloquial. And NOT standard!

 

[Tdol]

You'll hear speakers in some regions of the UK use it- I hear it sometimes in London.