to absolutely hate the how people are speaking English!

It only sounds clunky to you because you are not used to it. Losing it has resulted in a loss of nuance in the dialects that no longer use is as distinct to got.

You think highway isn’t an English word?

I think a lot of it is down to children watching American rubbish. My grandson called the motorway the highway the other day and I corrected him. I totally agree with you.

It was dropped because there are less clunky ways of expressing the same thing.
It started to be dropped in the 18th century & you rarely see it used in 19th/20th English writing.
I'm old &, until recently, only came across it in American films & never, ever used it myself. This is probably why it grates so much.

I got gotten where I should have gotten got.

It’s handy when you have both forms at your disposal. I’d find it restrictive not to use both got and gotten.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

What was the very good reason?

I’m Irish so I use gotten as it didn’t die out here. I find it useful that the past tense and the past participle of the verb are different. It allows for a more nuanced expression.

For example, ‘He’s got the tickets’ and ’He’s gotten the tickets‘ have different meanings.

Looks like we didn’t drop it permanently, doesn’t it?

Yes! An ugly word that we dropped years ago for a very good reason.

I find it hilarious when supermarkets describe their fish fingers as being enrobed in a crumb.

Kids are corrected at school for “Me and her did it.”

They assume “I” is posher or something, without understanding subject and object.

Everyone wears their best underwear at their wedding!

“Their/them/they singular is useful when you don’t know someone’s sex, or they are a figurative individual who could be either sex.

I usually call an animal it, unless its name or sex is relevant or obvious.

My pet hate is 'step up to the plate'. We don't play baseball here and we used to say 'mark' or 'crease' for cricket. Another irritating one is 'price point', it never means more than 'price'. I hate Americanisms creeping in to our language, especially now with Trump in charge.

I do not understand why people (it began in USA but now is used here a lot) say 'my husband and I' when it should be 'my husband and me' for example .... It was a present for my husband and I. You wouldn't say It was a present for I would you..? ' my husband and I went on holiday' is correct as you would say correctly 'I went on holiday'. I know it is a small thing but it drives me nutty. take the other person out of the sentence and see how it sounds. I know, I should have better things to get stressed about.

Do you object to something like -

A: "Someone is at the door"
B: "Could you please see what they want"

That is very standard English. The vet example seems similar - whoever wrote the reminder probably wasn't sure if Loki was male or female.

You’re right - they’re all pants in the NW.

Unless it’s formal pants - in which case they are “work trousers” 😂

Anyone out there sick of hearing about ex Prince Andrew and the Harry saga Andrew behaves like a typically spoiled brat I want I want who cares what you want you’re fucked all the expensive education you received blew it away saying you are one of the biggest idiots is an understatement good luck to you now having to live in a “council “ house paying own bills would be a bonus the country and Crown should not be supporting you - go and get a job you’ve scrounged enough whoops your an OAP still scrounging as for the Harry creature - following in uncle Andrew’s footsteps I want I want need I say more

Out of interest, is it just for more informal wear? Would you say, "he wore a navy jacket and very smart navy pants to his wedding"?

I hate the way people start a conversation or answering anything with SO look at the bloody so called politicians it’s almost always SO or the let me finish - if only they would finish ie stop talking crap and the other thing I hate is the stupidity of people kissing on meeting and the mhwa thing

Their has been used for singular reference since the 1300s.

interesting!

This is very true. And I would say it's nearly universal. In a deeply divided nation, we all agree on this. We avoid the word unless absolutely necessary and then only to refer to the actual fixture, as in "DH, I need your help. The toilet in the kids' bathroom is stopped up."

Some older generations in the US Deep South may have never uttered the word. My grandmother called it a commode.

Because Americans need smelling salts if they hear the word toilet!

I very much dislike our children being referred to as ‘kids’. Why are rooms without baths sometimes called ‘bathrooms’?