i am loathing the gradual creep of the term 'gotten' on here

[FrankietheSquealer]

Please desist

[LongDistanceLove]

Yeah its gotten out of hand hasn't it?

[FunkyPeacock]

I assume the culprits are American?

Surely no British person would

[FrankietheSquealer]

its gorn MAD!

I hate it
You aren't all American. Snap out of it

[ShatnersBassoon]

What about ill-gotten gains? It's a useful word. I don't care if British people want to start using it again.

[SenecaFalls]

How do you feel about forgotten? Same root word.

[NewsreaderChic]

Ha, I was just moaning to dd about how common it's become, she laughed at me when I said English people wouldn't have said it a few years ago.

[ScOffasDyke]

I agree, OP. And "obligated" instead of "obliged"

[FrankietheSquealer]

i know its probably old english etc
but its weird now

[badtime]

'Gotten' is mainly used in American English, but that does not mean everyone using the word picked it up from the American usage - like many American words, it used to be more common in British English, but has just fallen out of use over the centuries.

I don't say gotten and don't like it, but it is a perfectly normal British dialect usage - I believe it is used in parts of Scotland, for example.

[Everythinghaschanged]

Yes it's awful. It's everywhere!

I see it here in writing all the time. However I don't know anyone who would actually say it.

[FrankietheSquealer]

i KNOW all that about the American stuff. And it comes from Olde worlde English
but its not MODERN English

[MaximumVolume]

I use gotten. Because once I'd realised that it was the same as forgotten in terms of when it should be used it seemed really wrong not to use it! If my child said "I have forgot my bag" I'd correct him (nicely). Same with got/gotten. Nothing to do with America.

[Smoorikins]

Nothing wrong with gotten as a term.

It's been in use all my lifetime.

[Jollyphonics]

I hate gotten, really hate it. But OP I'm afraid I also dislike the way people say "I am liking" instead of "I like". I know it's grammatically correct but I still find it irritating, probably because I only noticed it after the MacDonalds slogan "I'm loving it".

[FrankietheSquealer]

Can i get

ALSO UP THERE

[Everythinghaschanged]

It's everything to do with America!

[ThoseAwfulCurtains]

I'm not keen on gotten but it irritates me less than i for I.

[Smoorikins]

It is nothing to do with America. Tosh. I've been using the term since I was a child. How much American influence do you think I had close to 40 years ago?

[GinUpGirl]

Language evolves! We consume so much American media it is hardly surprising that this one is slipping in. It will be in the dictionary soon enough.

Period of large technological advancement that shares media across the English speaking world = fused languages.

[ThoseAwfulCurtains]

I dislike the "I'm good" response when someone is asked how they are. It's not even stealth boasting.

[WhetherOrNot]

Team it up with "would of" and you will have "would of gotten"............double aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

[bialystockandbloom]

Dislike it too. Ditto "can I get" (grr).

It is not a shortening of 'forgotten'! Different meanings.

"I've forgotten my bag" = I didn't remember my bag
"I've gotten tickets for the theatre" = I've bought tickets for the theatre

[bialystockandbloom]

Oh yes, "I'm good" even worse!

[Sallystyle]

I like gotten.

I dislike advise for advice though. Can you give me some advise? No, I can advise you, or even give you some advice.