seems as/seeing as

[Jonathan Lighter]

NYC ditto.

  JL

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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I've never heard or read "seems as." "Seeing as" is what I learned to
say in Texas, so I'm with you, Scot.

-Wilson

On 12/4/06, Scot LaFaive wrote:
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> Just ran across this as I was reading about another actor with little tongue
> control or sense.
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> "You'd think Gwyneth Paltrow would realise that, seems as she's actually
> native to the US."
> http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1242833,00.html
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> Maybe this is a common British usage, but over here in chilly Wisconsin,
> I've always heard "seeing as" and never "seems as." Can anyone shed some
> light on this? The latter is not the easiest phrase to search Google for.
>
> Scot LaFaive
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