possibly this is just recency phenomenon in which case it's still just as annoying*

[cimorene]

Is it just me or is "was sat" erroneously occurring in non-British fanfic narration on the rise over time?

*that is to say, very annoying, but not as annoying as "whilst"

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[cimorene]

Hm, yeah, I definitely have the sense that it's dialect but I also don't know what dialect it comes from. But I haven't noticed a change in frequency.