Timeline for May I say "Have you seen that song" = "heard about"?
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| Oct 3, 2015 at 20:20 | history | edited | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2014 at 15:21 | comment | added | JimM | @FumbleFingers Similarly, deaf people often say, 'I hear you,' meaning they perceive the concept, not the sound waves. | |
| Nov 15, 2014 at 15:00 | answer | added | JimM | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 17:39 | answer | added | user485 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 16:56 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You can probably assume any statement starting with Dude and using insane approvingly is likely to be from a "not-very-careful" speaker. But actually, although this is a glaring example of a "mixed sense" (as opposed to the more common "mixed tense") error, the verb to see is often used to mean "to know tour, to understand". Blind people often just say "I see" when they mean "I understand", same as everyone else. | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 16:55 | comment | added | Matt Ellen | No. Seen is not the same as heard about. | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 16:25 | history | asked | Sahil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |