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the word is TEXTS, not TEXTSES!!!

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vmcd28 · 14/06/2011 23:42

I'm hearing this more and more. On tv, radio, pals etc etc. Drives me mad.

And don't even start me on breakfastses.

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sungirltan · 14/06/2011 23:51

yanbu!! its the expression 'gotten' thats driving me up the wall at present. i told dh if he used it again i would divorce him.

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thegruffalosma · 14/06/2011 23:52

I've only ever heard it on Jezza Kyle.

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ilovesooty · 15/06/2011 00:00

Don't like "gotten". Nor do I care for "She just text". Surely the verb to text has a past tense?

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NettoSuperstar · 15/06/2011 00:05

My friend says Texes. I piss her off by asking why she's randomly talking about a US stateGrin

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theinet · 15/06/2011 00:14

saying "gotten" is so "on trend" at the moment. It makes me cringe.

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GinSlinger · 15/06/2011 07:41

yes and don't get me started on 'on trend' Grin

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Bubbaluv · 15/06/2011 07:53

How is "gotten" being used that is so irritating?
Can't say I hear it too often round here.
Text as a past tense, though, drives me nuts!

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AgentProvocateur · 15/06/2011 08:16

My colleague talks about her "boyses dad". Makes me shudder.

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JamieAgain · 15/06/2011 08:17

Yes, to be fair, I've only ever heard it on Jeremy Kyle, and the people on there are not really brains of Britain

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pointissima · 15/06/2011 08:27

The noun is "text message".
The verb is "to send a text message"
Using "To text" as a verb is ghastly.

But I am a very old pedant

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LadyClariceCannockMonty · 15/06/2011 08:32

Haven't heard 'textses' in RL and find it very Confused.

I don't mind 'to text' as in 'I'll text her in a minute' and use it myself.

But 'text' as the past tense is INFURIATING. Get it right, fer Chrissakes!!

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Trills · 15/06/2011 09:10

Gotten is a perfectly sensible word.

You use "forgot" and "forgotten", don't you?

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vmcd28 · 15/06/2011 09:31

AgentProvocateur, that's ridiculous - boyses!

Trills, afaik, gotten is ONLY actually a recognised word when it is used in the term "Ill-gotten". Gotten on its own isn't a word at all. Forgotten, however, is - they're two different words :)

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LadyClariceCannockMonty · 15/06/2011 09:45

Well, gotten is just a version of 'got' that's turned into an archaism here but is alive and well in American English. So in a weird way Americans speak 'better' or at least older and more traditional English than speakers of British English.

Sorry, will sling my hook to Pedants Corner.

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itisnearlysummer · 15/06/2011 09:45

"gotten" is an Americanism, it's not in the 'English' language.

My brother has started using it.

It's really irritating!

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itisnearlysummer · 15/06/2011 09:46

ladyclarice ooh well you learn something new every day!

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GabbyLoggon · 15/06/2011 10:26

yep some things do irritate. I have done "have you had your invite?" before.But we need all sorts on MN

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slowshow · 15/06/2011 10:51

YES! I thought it was just me. It really, really makes me cringe.

Having said that, thegruffalosma is right - I've only ever heard it on Jezza Kyle. Example dialogue:

"A texed me and said that B was sleeping with C and D ain't the father!"
"I've got the texes on my phone as proof! Loads of texes!"

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh.

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quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:16

Ooh this is a tagent of my own particular bugbear, which is when people abbreviate names like Rebecca to "Bexs". It's just "Bex". No 's' needed! Or otherwise they need an apostrophe.

I use "gotten" all the time. Sometimes I could avoid it, but it's natural now. No big deal.

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quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:17

LOL at "we need all sorts on MN".

How gracious of you! :o

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MindyMacready · 15/06/2011 16:20

what is wrong with using the word "Become" not bleedin' gotten

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quirrelquarrel · 15/06/2011 16:26

What's so wrong with using poor old "gotten"?
I use them interchangeably, I think. Sounds like one of the things my parents used to correct me on when I was little- they'd learnt English grammar up all the way, so they were Chief Pedants.

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TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:35
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microfight · 15/06/2011 16:37

And when did a series become a season? Tell me that! Grin

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TrillianAstra · 15/06/2011 16:41

Since we started watching more American shows that have more episodes (only 12 Fawlty Towers ever made!) and needed more distinctions.

e.g. Friends is a series made up of 10 seasons, each of which has 22-24 episodes.

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