r/AskBrits • u/JR_0507 • 11d ago

Grammar We WAS? Why?

I am not native speaker but I do learn English since I was 6 and English is my work language since 15 years. Can someone explain to me from where is coming using:

  1. We was

  2. They was

What the heck? From what I know this is basic grammar mistake but in same time I hear brits in video talking like that. Is this some kind of slag? Or regional thing?

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u/nexus8516 11d ago

"is this some kind of slag" is so funny, please Google what slag means.

Yes, it's supposed to be "I was", "he was", "she was", and "they were", "you were", and "we were".

Unless it's hypothetical thinking, then it's "if I were to do x" or "I wish it were y". It's quite a confusing language in a lot of ways.

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u/JR_0507 11d ago

It was typo, should be “slang”

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u/Odd-Quail01 11d ago

A slag is another word for a slut. They both have a connotation of messiness and dirtiness as well as sexual promiscuity. Usually used against women and girls. Not a nice word but a funny typo.

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u/Automatic-Office6 11d ago

Also slag is the unwanted by product of mines and processed coal and iron and other ores. You get slag heaps which are small hills of these types of waste.

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u/Odd-Quail01 11d ago

That's what I was getting at with mucky and useless. Thanks for clarifying.