Misuse of "seen" for "saw"

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This particular pet peeve actually grates on my nerves. It's like fingernails on a blackboard! It's when someone says seen when they should say saw, as in: "It was when I seen her at my house." Oh dear.

The root word is see. If you're talking about the present, it's simply see: "I can see your house from here."

If you're talking about the past, it's either: "I saw your house yesterday" or "I've seen your house before." But it's never, ever "I seen your house." EVER!

If you insist on misusing seen when you mean saw, it makes you sound ignorant and uneducated.

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