I notice the “son” quite often in sentences. Does this happen only with “essere”? It certainly sounds more “elegant” 
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Can anyone explain what purpose this serves grammatically? It is unfamiliar to me.
Perbacco, this is an old one you’ve found! Un madrelingua dice: “Son è l’abbreviazione di “sono”. Quindi si puó usare tranquillamente con altri verbi, è peró una forma un po’ colloquiale. P.e., “oggi mi son divertito” “son arrivato, eccomi qui!” “Mi son fatto male” etc”.
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Recently, Civis made this note in the book club:
“Tuscan and northern speakers often shorten sono by apocope when the following word begins with a consonant:
son venuto
son sceso
son pronto
son qui …”
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And a “famous” example that many people might be familiar with…
Una mattina mi son svegliato
Here is a version of it.
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Fantastic! Thank you…
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