It's ARSE! 🇬🇧

[BlowDryRat]

Unless you're American, in which case it's "ass".

Thanks for that

You're most welcome.

Yes. Yes it is. It's also series, not season.

Well, it depends whether you're comparing someone to a bum-hole, or a donkey.

Indeed. I get pissed off about it. I don't get pissed about it, why would getting drunk be relevant?

YES. It's also a FILM. Not a movie.

I have got so sick of Americanisms. Not gotten.

*yes yes I know that gotten is old English, we stopped using it they kept blah blah blah but the fact remains that it’s not British usage any more.

Is Scotland not Britain? 🤨

I’m Scottish. Born and bred. Never ever said “gotten” or heard anyone say it here.

People say “goat” a lot instead of “got”, are you mishearing perhaps?

What does that prove? I’m Scottish and I hear it all the time and did growing up in the 80s as well so not a recent thing. Obviously people all over Scotland speak differently and use different words. But gotten has always been used in some parts of Scotland.

I am not mishearing it over the last 40 years, no.

I mean it's different things to different people so.....

And in the UK it’s maths. Which is short for mathematics.

Hi!

(not "Hey" 🙄)

Wow, such dislike for expressions. Language evolves. I'm not British, my kids have grown up with me saying lots of these and others which they say now too.
americanophobia anyone?

No not Americanaphobia. This is pedants' corner where you are allowed to come to express distate at using language incorrectly or inappropriately. Maybe as you are not British you didn't understand what the word pedant meant so I would forgive you that.

I'm NE England and gotten is said a lot. Eg. 'He's gotten bigger over the last couple of years.' I wouldn't write it but it's definitely in the vernacular.

It's cultural capitulation in the UK, I can't speak for anywhere else. People have these fantasies about themselves sounding all cool like in the (American) films and telly. To me it just sounds like brainwashing into cultural hegemony, which people have fallen for. Language is culture.

Whenever I see "ass" I think of Donkey in Shrek.

Other pet hate: "obligated". Obliged, please.

Or Canadian

Gosh yes, 'hey' has become ubiquitous as a greeting. I blame Friends where it was the greeting of choice.

Using the earlier example, 'I've gotten so so sick of Americanisms,' would definitely be said, rather than, 'I've got so sick...' Gotten pronounced "gott'n". If I was writing it, I'd put, 'I've become so sick...'

I'd argue that it's not incorrect or inappropriate usage. Thanks for forgiveness 😂. I do indeed know what pedant means. Will leave the pedants to it.

I didn't realise there was a Pedant's Corner on MN. You are my people and I can come here to vent instead of a DH who gets fed up with it, also dislike Americanisms (nothing against American or Americans) eg:
"Can I get" when someone ordering food or drink in a cafe. Yeah sure, come round and get it but it's fine, I'm paid to help you".
"I'm pissed" - really?! At this time of the day?!

I don't mind Americanisms in American TV shows, films etc. I'm not suggesting that Americans adopt British English.

I dislike British English words being replaced with Americanisms when the people using them are from the UK.

It is incorrect and inappropriate to use ass in the UK if you are referring to an arse (bum) rather than an ass (donkey).