'I seen'
eg: "I seen a guy at the bus stop that I used to play football with, what a bastage!"
I am thoroughly convinced this is purposely done by people to seem like a 'cute' grammatical error. Kinda like a good ole boys way of talking. I am kinda dumb and don't care about grammar, therefore I am cool. I have one friend that speaks perfectly good English when he is in a professional environment. The second he hits the pub with "the good ole boys" Terms like "I seen","Bastage" and "Giv'er!".
Guy is a big shot VP in a chemical firm. I called him out on it once, and asked if he talks like that in corporate meetings. We aren't 20 anymore smoking, and driving forklifts in a warehouse.
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