You shouldn't allow your use and perception of language to be controlled by that.
Well in this case, I hadn't ever heard it used in this manner. As has been pointed out its both old fashioned and/or regional. It was simply being uncultured about a minor point of language. The kind of thing "that's how we say it back home" clears up.
And in doing so, we all had a discussion where we learned a little bit, as Cato sourced it used to be highly used and then stopped and was replaced with the now much more common "and raised" variant.
I'm happy to look stupid for a moment to learn something new, I think people being too afraid of such is how we end up so boxed in and rigid to begin with.
You didn't look stupid. There are so many cultural differences within the English language to know them all you would have to dedicate your entire life.
Well in this case, I hadn't ever heard it used in this manner. As has been pointed out its both old fashioned and/or regional. It was simply being uncultured about a minor point of language. The kind of thing "that's how we say it back home" clears up.
And in doing so, we all had a discussion where we learned a little bit, as Cato sourced it used to be highly used and then stopped and was replaced with the now much more common "and raised" variant.
I'm happy to look stupid for a moment to learn something new, I think people being too afraid of such is how we end up so boxed in and rigid to begin with.
You didn't look stupid. There are so many cultural differences within the English language to know them all you would have to dedicate your entire life.