You should be sat down.......

[calzone]

Aaaargh!!

I work in a school and every teacher says this!

It drives me crazy.

You should be sat down.
I was sat on the bench.

Sitting, people. Sitting.

Why is it so difficult?

[Youdontneedacriminallawyer]

I hate that one too. Many teachers have appauling English grammar.

[isitsnowingyet]

It sounds common. Is your school a common school?

[isitsnowingyet]

Oh gosh and isn't is 'appalling'?

[Youdontneedacriminallawyer]

Oops - I spell checked that too. Knew I'd get it wrong. At least that's a spelling mistake and not one of the grammatical ones I was moaning about clutching at straws

[calzone]

Lol @ common school.

The teachers are certainly not common......even the Deputy Head says it.

Teacher I work with is well spoken but also says 'like' in every other sentence.

She is picking up bad habits!

[elQuintoConyo]

It's right up there with 'what I done was...'

The best thing I heard from a schoolchild in Nottingham was: 'I don't not know nothing not no more' my head nearly exploded!

[calzone]

A few others......

I writ....
I done....
I brung....

[Squeegle]

You must be in Derbyshire or somewhere near there, it's a bit of a northern phrase isn't it?

[Squeegle]

I agree it's appalling btw.

[calzone]

No.....south east!!

[Squeegle]

Oh! How shocking, I didn't know it was so rife!

[SconeRhymesWithGone]

I don't know whether it is a regional UK thing, but it is all over MN. I like hearing people complain about it, though, because it is one thing that you cannot blame on Americans.

[calzone]

Scone.....lol! So true.

[miffybun73]

Wrong, unless the teacher means that the child should be picked uop and physically placed down on the chair by someone else.

[JustLikeHoney]

Oh my goodness this drives me crazy - is it endemic throughout the whole UK?

Every second post on Mumsnet seems to start 'We were stood...', 'I was sat...' How can people stand it? My jaw actually begins grinding when I read it.