to absolutely hate the how people are speaking English!

The other alternative for the past participle is gotten, the preferred form in America.

Yes. "Gotten" is standard American English for the past participle.

I use the, do I instantly understand what is being said? principle.

It's gotten colder, hmmm...it is now colder than it was, so yup...

I did wonder if "Gen Zee" was a new US rap artist for a while 🤭, so nope...

‘It’s gotten colder’…that’s the sort of use being talked about, not gotten in ill-gotten gains or forgotten @Rayburn.

ETA Not an expert in any way unfortunately.
This what google says though:
“Get is the present tense form of the verb. Got is the past tense form as well as one of the two alternatives for the past participle. The other alternative for the past participle is gotten, the preferred form in America.”

Surely “got” is a verb there.

I think gotten in “ill-gotten gain” is a participle.

Am happy to be corrected by some expert dialectitian and grammarian.

It's not an 'ask', but a request.

Yes it is. Got and gotten serve different purposes. British English seems to have lost the nuanced difference between them whereas hiberno English has retained it.

Why has a film become a movie? Why are we referring to Gen Zee, not Gen Zed?

Hell, no it isn't! It's he got/she got.

The use of "holiday" a substitute for "Christmas" in British advertising confuses me. E.g. an Essex-accented woman proclaiming "shop our latest holiday collection!". I understand that Americans use "holiday" this way but Brits (typically) don't. Say "holiday" and I'm expecting bikinis, not reindeer jumpers and Elf on the Shelf tat.

Interesting that advertisers tend to borrow American phrases but not phrases from any other cultures (e.g. Spanish, Chinese). It definitely shows the direction of cultural influence.

It's the dumbing down of Britain.

Pants are trousers! Knickers are underwear. Panties (shudder) is the American word.

im British and 54, my mother is 84 it’s not a new American word.

there is i am sure also an australian influence, after neighbours,
how you doing?
good
for example, or is that still the case?
it was

Agree, pants here , knickers for underwear.

op are these people you are speaking to in real life? I’ve never heard anyone in real life say gifting or vacation unless it’s an American colleague. You can’t police the whole of the uk! problem is with social media you are hearing people who you normally never have a conversation with.

Agree about lip and trouser though .

language evolves
i go on holiday

Late Middle English. We used "gotten" before America existed.

Agree, this isn’t some new change. Just what you were brought up with.

Admittedly it's more of a written language issue, but the incorrect use of "may" really irritates me. As in "may you send us this thing?". It's the new "myself".

If you’re going to complain about language intricacies at least make sure you proof read your own writing….

I am from Wales but one of my parents is from Lancashire. I have always called trousers pants, I have had people accuse me of using Americanisms but it’s what they do!

My theory is that they are called underpants for a reason

Gotten is the past participle of “to get”.
He has gotten…..

Or Australia.

As in, 'Lessons will be learned'?

That never happens.

Here we go again.

Let's all bash American English.

Never mind that many of the words and phrases that make the teeth of so many itch are commonly used in various parts and regions of the UK itself...

On point. Add fake IMHO.
Tsk! 🤑

A lot of terms are the same for Canada and the US, but not all. And Canadian spelling normally keeps the “u” in words like neighbour, labour, etc. Canada has words that befuddle Americans, like chesterfield.

As for the word soda, it depends on the region. The part of Canada I grew up in (Newfoundland) we would say “soft drink”. But Newfoundland English is a whole other thing entirely, so maybe not the best example.

I now live in Montreal, and Montreal English is unique too as it borrows some terms and syntax from Canadian French.

But I too hate “gifted”. And “on accident”.