‘There’s so many savings this week!’

If there are any savings anywhere, I’m not too fussed about whether it’s “there’s” or “there are” ££££

My mums next door neighbour came originally from Yorkshire, and she used to say "I were".
I don't recall anyone accusing her of being lazy or ignorant.

I found her way of speaking lovely.
I remember her telling my little girl to call her "Anty Ann"

MissAdventure

I would have thought that 'is' might be acceptable.
The situation (singular) is that there are lots (plural) of bargains.
Not that I know much about all "the rules".

Yes, but that’s different wording altogether.,

Unless I’m going more bonkers than usual, I don’t see how ‘so many savings’ cannot clearly be seen as a plural.

MissAdventure

The North is all a bit of a mystery to me, I mean how northerly does somewhere have to be before its The North?
I don't really understand the Midlands, either, in terms of where it starts and ends.

I wholeheartedly agree with you ar we now or perhaps always have divided our country into no-go areas where accents are concerned.
Don't people in the 'South " realise that their accents and dialects are every bit as unintelligible to northerners, why should yours be right and ours wrong. There must have been a lot of teachers, teaching poor grammar in the so-called Midlands and North. Did they all the less compitent get shipped up there to civilise the heathens?

Yes OP, There’s +plural is irritating but I find myself saying it (e.g. There’s still so many presents to wrap.) Lazy speech? Local usage? Dialect? (I want to know what the short shrift will be.??)
Re was and were, I vaguely remember that
‘If I were’ instead of ‘If I was’ - is something to do with the subjunctive. However, ‘I were’ just sounds wrong.

The North is all a bit of a mystery to me, I mean how northerly does somewhere have to be before its The North?
I don't really understand the Midlands, either, in terms of where it starts and ends.

Some dialect that others would label slang is actually old English and Scots. The one that comes to mind quickly is "How do", translated for southerners means "How do you do" a proper greeting.
We all in the "North" do not say were instead of was. Incidentally, where would you put the border for the north "Me old China"?

Short shrift or otherwise, a lot of people do "mistake" grammar issues for colloquialisms.

Esspee

Drives me crazy too. Just ignorance. (I hope nobody comes on this thread saying it’s dialect and we shouldn’t criticise because they’ll get short shrift from me.)

Anyone, in particular, you are thinking of Esspee? What does your short shrift consist of?

How about wait "while' instead of wait "until" used all the time where I used to live and I am not hot on grammar.

I would have thought that 'is' might be acceptable.
The situation (singular) is that there are lots (plural) of bargains.
Not that I know much about all "the rules".

Sorry, quoted post shouldn't be there. I started replying to it, changed my mind and forgot to delete it.

Esspee

Drives me crazy too. Just ignorance. (I hope nobody comes on this thread saying it’s dialect and we shouldn’t criticise because they’ll get short shrift from me.)

Drives me mad, too. Especially when I catch myself doing it...

Bignanny2, I’m a former teacher of English as a foreign language and for quite a while had a colleague - senior to me - who insisted on saying ‘I were, it were…’ etc. and anyone who didn’t like it could just get stuffed - it was (were!) characteristic of her northern U.K. speech and therefore allowed.

Never mind the confusion it must have caused for her mostly Arabic-speaking students, who’d be penalised for getting it wrong in their exams.

It’s not dialect - I’m a Brummie, an accent which many hate, but i like to think that at least I speak the ‘queen’s English’. I hate was instead of were too ?

Drives me crazy too. Just ignorance. (I hope nobody comes on this thread saying it’s dialect and we shouldn’t criticise because they’ll get short shrift from me.)

Retired English teacher here. It drives me crazy.

It’s not just you.