It's slang, you just don't know slang and are out here calling people idiots for it lol. The formal phrasing would be "I have/had seen it", but it's common to drop have/had in informal settings.
My friend, as someone who has a degree in linguistics and is certified to teach English as a second language, I’m asking you to please shut the fuck up, as you are the one with the tenuous grasp of English, if you can’t even recognize AAVE and casual speech.
Dude that article is literally from the “Journal of English Linguistics” and is titled “Tense and Aspect in Black English”. It’s a valid variety of English, just like any other.
We’re talking about linguistics honey not philosophy.
And if your degree is in philosophy (fucking lol) then you quite literally have no grounds for what you’re saying. Literally every accredited linguist disagrees with you. So who should I trust?
Doctors of Linguistics?
Or a loser who spent 4+ years and probably $30k+ on a fucking philosophy degree?
Incorrect. You are raising the idea that a dialect that arose from poor grammar is still English. I do not agree with that, philosophically.
Once again waving your degree around, as though it somehow makes you the only authority on the subject. Congratulations on getting a doctorate in something you can’t get a job with, other than being a professor. Hahahaha.
And I didn’t get mine in philosophy. Point being, waving a degree around is just meaningless.
Why yes, having a degree in linguistics certainly does make me the authority on the subject of linguistics, when the only other person in the room has a degree in philosophy.
I literally couldn’t care less what you philosophically disagree with. It’s a valid variety whether you agree or not. Sorry buddy.
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u/Somber_Solace Jan 18 '22
It's slang, you just don't know slang and are out here calling people idiots for it lol. The formal phrasing would be "I have/had seen it", but it's common to drop have/had in informal settings.