Please stop writing "gotten"

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That's it really.

I don't mean to be 'that person' but it really should be 'mam'(which always seems to be forgotten). Everyone knows the northern dialect is the most superior. I hope I've gotten my point across.😉🤣

Me too.

Oh Lordy, don't even start me ranting about that. As for "sat" instead of sitting. Terry Wogan must be spinning in his grave.

Sure, but people are using it these days because they've consumed a lot of American media, not because of their love of Anglo-Saxon English

Or because they're American, Irish, Scottish or (I'm guessing) Canadian or Australian or from New Zealand. People on here are from all over.

I’m Scottish so nae chance pal.

My mom can beat your mam! 🤣

I was sat….
He should of…

Seriously have a word with yourself. The English like to think they have quirky regional dialects and it’s the Americans who are poorly educated. That’s just not true.

Agreed! Pisses me off.

Or because they're American, Irish, Scottish or (I'm guessing) Canadian or Australian or from New Zealand. People on here are from all over.

Yeah could be.

But I hear English people use it all the time.

She did say her dad and her relatives were Scottish....that makes her Scottish.

I’m Scottish, from the East Coast, I’ve never heard ‘gotten’ as standard there. Presumably it’s area specific? On the other hand ‘ken’ is in common usage in local speech, but don’t tend to see it written.

The Scottish and Irish people who don't say gotten have bourgeois aspirations.

Perfectly normal and in common usage in Glasgow. I used it al least once today. “Have you gotten up to date with last week’s notes?” Said to one of my S6 pupils.

And why should gotten not be used when we use forgotten all the time?

How would one cackle over one's ill gotten gains without it?

Definitely. Hate it.

That should say hear not here but yes my point is that it’s area specific. I’m Glaswegian and regularly hear it. I almost never hear and never use “ken” or “bairn” but that doesn’t mean that others shouldn’t use them.

I really like 'gotten'. I also like 'ye' as a plural of 'you' (which is in common use in the west of Ireland, where I live), and wish we could bring back 'thee' and 'thou' etc. I lived in the north and south of the UK when I was growing up (Kent, Northumberland, East Sussex) and have a mostly RP accent and standard vocabulary - but I do like a little quirkiness in language. Since moving to Ireland, I have no problem with 'haitch' either :)

She didn’t say she was Scottish though. Or had ever lived in Scotland. Or that her mother was Scottish. So I presumed she wasn’t Scottish. Fair assumption I think.

My father was born in Ireland. My mom was English. I was born in England. Brought up in England. I’m English, not Irish.

Aren't you glad you've gotten that out of your system, OP? 😁

They are indeed, but it doesn't make it wrong. Much like starting a sentence with "sure". 😉

Why has it suddenly exploded though? I hate it.

I'm in Northern Ireland and I grew up saying gotten. In my 40s so not a new Americanism.

Not this narrow minded ignorance yet again?

Please will people kindly desist from starting threads about the word 'gotten', it's been done to death. It's perfectly acceptable, comprehensible English and it's not going away.

I do hope that as manual cars get replaced by EVs and hybrids, the phrase 'grinds my gears' becomes archaic and drops out of use.

What?

• To get - I got - Gotten

Are you saying we were taught irregular verbs wrong???