Gotten

[Catlover77]

AIBU to want to scream ‘it is not a word’ every time I read it on here? I have just read four threads with it in. All four people cannot possibly be American!

I'm not fond of it apart from in the phrase 'ill- gotten gains'.

Omg and forgotten. Was going to say I’d forgotten all about Ill-gotten and there it was staring me in the face.

@HeronLanyon

In fact so many be words are quite beautiful when you think about them like ‘bewildered’ ‘bemused’ - its ‘psychology’ is very human and comforting somehow. Begorra.

Begorra! Don't people get very worked up about words.

YABU as it is a word, whether you like it or not.

Was going to say I’d forgotten

But that's the only correct way of saying it. It's either I forgot or I'd forgotten. I'd forgot is incorrect.

But it is a word. I can't imagine not reading something just because someone wrote "gotten" or getting so much rage because of it . I've gotten so much amusement from this thread.

If it is Beget begotten beget begat - then is could/should be forget, forgotten, forget forgat. I may start a private forgat campaign. Once I work out what it may mean

As a previous person said it’s used in Hiberno-English. I suppose when a country’s native language is replaced by that of a foreign ruling nation, variations will develop .

@HeronLanyon

If it is Beget begotten beget begat - then is could/should be forget, forgotten, forget forgat. I may start a private forgat campaign. Once I work out what it may mean

There is lots of "but x is like that so this should be like that too, logically!" In English language😂

‘Gotten’ is used in Scotland. I didn’t know it bothered people outwith () Scotland until I started using MN.

. SchrodingersImm
That’s great.
Think I’d seen that ages ago but forgat it. Clever.

I used it in a thread recently and I'm Scottish. Somebody, perhaps the OP, was grievously offended.

@HeronLanyon

. SchrodingersImm That’s great. Think I’d seen that ages ago but forgat it. Clever.

😂 keep on it, it might catch on

Gifted. It gifts me the rage.

@Chunkymenrock

I loathe it. It's completely unnecessary. I instantly stop reading threads if I come across it.

Well you don’t, because you did and you didn’t.

I really dislike gotten too.

@PicsInRed Oh dear you wouldn't like me as I use whilst and amongst at work regularly. Language is a funny old thing at times.

I submit that Harry's actions are defensible, M'Lud. Whilst "spelt" or "amongst" might seem quaint to an American English speaker, they don't sound incorrect. "Got" as a past participle - e.g. "things have got better since we moved to California" does sound wrong, although it's not. He would not have wanted Oprah to have gotten confused.

There are worse things he could have said. ("Gots milk?" "No, gotta get some!")

I saw an MP tweet "if you wanna disagree with me..." the other day. Shocking!

@Anoisagusaris

As a previous person said it’s used in Hiberno-English. I suppose when a country’s native language is replaced by that of a foreign ruling nation, variations will develop .

Which language was that then? Gaelic? Old Norse? Rather different...

I'm Scottish, never heard "gotten" here until recently, and mainly said by English people. Is it a west coast thing perhaps?

It’s an actual word in use in the UK today? It’s not like alot which is not and never should be a word. Mind you, our school news letter mentioned ques today doh!

YABU to want to scream because some people speak differently to you.

Get a fucking life.

Anyone else dislike the current usage of "decimate"?

That's nothing compared to 'jacket pots' and 'tinned toms'

@Brogues I went out with a guy that wrote "alot". It drove me nuts, as it really isn't a word!

PigeonPants
"things have got better since we moved to California" does sound wrong

No it doesn't. Mind you,William keeps saying "...for Catherine and I..." so the Queen's English has passed the pair of them by!

I do agree with you about the 'wanna' tweet.I hope it wasn't your MP. Or mine. I think you should submit a complaint to the Speaker

@GreenlandTheMovie

Nope, I live in Glasgow now but I’m from Edinburgh and I have always said (and heard!) ‘gotten’. Totally normal on the east coast, too.