Am I being Pedantic, a PITA or just Getting old and Grump[ier]

[craigb]

One thing I truely detest is american english creeping into australia

I soo would have absolutely gotten that one had I been someone else!

Sorry to have to tell you this but there is no such word as gotten.

[bitingmidge]

Except maybe in the context of, "That was good, gottenotherone??"

P

[Wongo]

Sorry to have to tell you this but there is no such word as gotten.

Yeah but no but yeah but……

I tried it in Microsoft Word and I did not get an error microsoft thinks it is a word so it must be a word.

[Iain]

Sorry to have to tell you this but there is no such word as gotten.

You are wrong, you just have to be wrong, it is heard on yank sitcoms constantly, therefore it must be right
Along with Aloominum, Boot Camp (my pet hate, we always called it Rookies and it was a damned sight tougher than US boot camp) erbs (little green plants to flavour food), take out, I could go on..............

[redwood]

Sorry to have to tell you this but there is no such word as gotten.

gotten is a past participle of get e-mail sms and forum writing is helping breed a new breed of bad english. cant imagin wat it will be like in 10 years. Sister Alphonsis would smash me over the knuckles 10 times both sides if she seen how slack i has become:eek:

[Grunt]

got·ten ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gtn) v. A past participle of get.

See, you blokes have gotten all worried about how bad English as become. English is a living language and therefore a changing language.

I actually think that the Internet and forums like this help with people's writing skills. I bet there are plenty out there who only write in emails and on forums such as this.

[redwood]

I actually think that the Internet and forums like this help with people's writing skills. I bet there are plenty out there who only write in emails and on forums such as this.

its helping with their creative writing skills but the standard of grammar is declining.

[Wongo]

I gotten apples and I ate one. How manys left?

[redwood]

I gotten apples and I ate one. How manys left?

2 no how many apples ar left, how manys had you gotten in the first place before you eaten the first won! :confused:

[Wongo]

2 no how many apples ar left, how manys had you gotten in the first place before you eaten the first won! :confused:

10

[redwood]

10

U have ate and 2 halvs left

[Iain]

So mate is m8 but 8 is not eight, even ate slows things down

o f n l, e n. (fonetic, because ph would be too (2) hard)

ICDC
UCDC?
I CDC2

NME not a friend
NMR some enjoy this
NMNE a flower
LN girls name
R4 boys name

[Wongo]

U have ate and 2 halvs left

Nein

[craigb]

From the Compact Oxford English Dictionary:

gotten
N. Amer. past participle of GET.

— USAGE The form gotten is not used in British English but is very common in North American English, though even there it is often regarded as non-standard.

My original post was a reference to puppyboy's professed dislike of American English.

So there.

[craigb]

Along with Aloominum, Boot Camp (my pet hate, we always called it Rookies and it was a damned sight tougher than US boot camp) erbs (little green plants to flavour food), take out, I could go on..............

solder pronounced sodder ......