Grammer correct? To treat

[ainitatyb]

In our family we often use the verb to treat in the following way ... I do not wish to be treat (pronounced 'tret') like that, but is this correct? Is treat (pronounced 'tret') an acceptable form of treat (pronounced treet)? Which web site will give a clearer understaning of this?

[crisgal]

i think it's a slang version of "treated".
ie: I don't want to be treated like that.
we say it too x

[kempie]

I would say "dialect" rather than "slang".

"Tret" was apparently the prefered past tense of "treat" in much of England during the Middle Ages but was largely pushed aside by "treated" except for areas in the North such as Yorkshire, Northumbria, etc..

[paulsmummy]

pronounciation varies from north to south east to west....... all different

my fella''s a yorkshireman brought up in scotland... and im southern.....

i say "these clothes need washing"

he would say "these clothes need washed"

lol

[wvaleriechas]

Treated dear (pronounced treeted)

[Quizmonster]

As Kempie says, it is now a dialect variant and thus perfectly 'correct' when used in a relevant 'dialect-type' situation...eg when talking/writing to people who share that particular dialect. So, if you were writing to the local newspaper or creating a script involving a local character...no problem. Clearly, however, it might just confuse people who are unfamiliar with it and it would be more polite - for want of a better word - to use 'treated'.

[nocturnalme]

'Grammer correct?' Yes, but spelling pretty bad!