'was' or 'were'

Why does a lot of the country use the word 'was' when it is supposed to be 'were' ?

Typical sentance... "I thought you was going to do that?"

Correct sentance ... "I thought you were going to do that?"

It seems to be in selected regions of England to be the primary 'offenders'. The areas I have noticed are Devon/Cornwall areas.... Leeds and surrouding regions. Also London areas. (Maybe wrong on some of those as people that I've heard may not have actually grown up in those areas).

I know my English isn't the best all of the time so I'm just curious as to why the above is what it is.

Another example:

"How old was you when you got your first Supra"

They get it wrong in Wolverhampton/black country areas a lot.

It's just how they speak...and hence how they write.

Here's another one "Can you lend me that Supra?"... No, I do the lending, you do the borrowing....and no, fack off, you're not going near my Supra you uneducated scum.

Here's another one "Can you lend me that Supra?"... No, I do the lending, you do the borrowing....and no, fack off, you're not going near my Supra you uneducated scum.

ha ha.... quality

I haven't noticed this in Leeds or the surrounding areas, I don't tend to visit the less desirable parts though

I would have expected it to be more like:

"I thought you wo gunna do that?"

We were talking about this at lunchtime..

Being from "up North" it sounds funny when the locals (Bristol area) say things like "I'm from Bristol, what ariel do you come from" or, "getting a single turbo might be a good ideal" !

Why they add an "L" on I don't know.

Suppose we all talk and write differently, I love the Welsh accent, but that might be that I used to know a beautiful girl from North Wales many years ago.

Saying that, I like the Scottish and some Irish accents as well, North East is great too as it sounds like "home"

Drives me mad that, along with "Can you borrow me a fiver". It's lend, LEND I TELL YOU!!!!!!

In Bristol and Wiltshire, folks say "Where's that to?" meaning simply "Where is that?". I had never heard this redundant 'to' before I moved down here. Conversations would sometimes proceed like this:

"Where's that book to?"

"Pardon"

"Where's that book to?"

"Where's that book to what?"

"Not 'to' anything... just where is it to?"

"Do you mean 'where's that book'?"

[Yokel becomes enraged] "That's what I said - where's that book to? Where is it to?"

All of the above and "My friend learned me how to do that" when they mean "My friend taught me how to do that"

People from Leeds say 'I was out while 10pm' in other words 'I was out until 10pm'.

It maka no sense.

this is one thing that gets on my nerves I was taught good grammer when I was young, however I suck at writing it down and spelling. On thing that really really bugs me is some people miss out whole words in sentaces it just dosnt make any sense!!

Instead of

"Can you go and put the tea on?"

its

"go'n put tea on"

Us zomerzet folk like to raise our voice at the end of a sentance making every thing sound like a question lol

People in Chesterfield say "rate" when they mean really for example "last night was rate good" odd but true

People from Leeds say 'I was out while 10pm' in other words 'I was out until 10pm'.

I've heard people from Wakefield say that, very very confusing!

And people around London saying "Is it?" Very very quickly. For instance;

"I'm working tonight"

"ahh, is it?"

Or.....

"My friend just got run over by a bus"

"ahh is it?"

Maybe it's just in this building!

The correct usage I believe is,

"i woz drivn mi supra"

Drives me mad that, along with "Can you borrow me a fiver". It's lend, LEND I TELL YOU!!!!!!

That's it. Did I get it the wrong way round?

I'm confused now.

People from Gloucester always add 'Like' at the end of sentences.

"Are you going out tonight, like"

Blackburnian (Lancashire) speak:

Blackburnian - "You cummin up mi arse neat or wot??"

Translated - "Are you coming to my house tonight my good man??"

I sometimes say

"blah blah... learned me how to do that" because it is ironic and funny (to me) - do people actually say this for real?

likewise with

"can you borrow me xyz" - its funny

but what do I know, I'm from near London, isit

Here's another one "Can you lend me that Supra?"... No, I do the lending, you do the borrowing....and no, fack off, you're not going near my Supra you uneducated scum.

Ironically what you've written is right, lol - think about it! It's wrong when you say things like:

"Can you borrow me that supra"

or "Can I lend that Supra from you" etc

People from Leeds say 'I was out while 10pm' in other words 'I was out until 10pm'.

 

It maka no sense.

It "maka" perfect sense young lady!

Is it just round here that older folk say "party" as slang for a woman.

I used to find it very confusing.

"I saw David with that big party"

Correct sentEnce ...

 

I know my English isn't the best all of the time

Yup

South west(bristol)

Said - wheres that too?

Means - wheres that?

Said - where you too?

Means - Where are you?

I cant say much though. My grammer is appaling and my spelling int no gud iver .lol

My gran was from up north & always said 'alright me duck'.

Bristolians i know say 'alright me babber'

I lived in Cornwall for a few years and there favourite was 'alright me handsome'

Then there were combos of previous posts 'where that be to then my handsome?'

I love accents and dialects they amuse me. So what if theres poor grammer, spelling or sentence structure as variety is great!

 

"Where's that book to?"

"Pardon"

"Where's that book to?"

"Where's that book to what?"

"Not 'to' anything... just where is it to?"

"Do you mean 'where's that book'?"

[Yokel becomes enraged] "That's what I said - where's that book to? Where is it to?"

GERRORF MY LAAAAAAAND

Im alloud to abuse wiltshire people, i am one

I have to admit, if i slip into my wltshire accent i start speaking like that - BUT i like to consider myself well educated, and i speak in that way because its a local thing, not because i dont know how to speak properly. Something the local crawleyites struggle with

"wiltshire born and wiltshire bread, stong in the arm and thick in the head" etc etc.