| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate 19:54 - Sep 3 with 17873 views | tooting_hoop |
Gotten
I'm sure that got is the past tense of got so why lengthen it? Just put it in the right part of the sentence.
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:09 - Sep 3 with 9029 views | BklynRanger |
If 'gotten' is being used in Britain these days it's just another example of increasing Americanisation. Very bad - ATAF because I have to listen to them every day . (ok, some of them are nice...) |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:09 - Sep 3 with 9027 views | QPRDave |
Something that bugs me is uz....it's us.. with an s ....not f**king uz |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:18 - Sep 3 with 9007 views | AndyB |
Not a word but the use of it.
"Could I get....." as in "Could I get a Big Mac"
Get? Get? |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:25 - Sep 3 with 8990 views | dolcelatte |
Staycation
Chillax
and why is everything Hilarious? no it's a bit amusing... |  |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:28 - Sep 3 with 8982 views | BklynRanger |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:18 - Sep 3 by AndyB |
Not a word but the use of it.
"Could I get....." as in "Could I get a Big Mac"
Get? Get? |
Americanism... | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:35 - Sep 3 with 8960 views | HarrowRoadR |
I hate it when people say "arks" in stead of ask, drives me mad.  |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:43 - Sep 3 with 8937 views | HantsR |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 20:35 - Sep 3 by HarrowRoadR |
I hate it when people say "arks" in stead of ask, drives me mad. |
...but it sounds good in the Caribbean as spoken by locals! |  | | |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 21:03 - Sep 3 with 8918 views | kropotkin41 |
Don't know what happened there! [Post edited 3 Sep 2013 21:05]
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:08 - Sep 3 with 8891 views | kropotkin41 |
What I was going to say - more or less - was that gotten is not made up, it's an old English word just as valid as got. It was no doubt taken to the Colonies by English emigrants and has stayed in more common usage over there than over here. | |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:12 - Sep 3 with 8877 views | QPRDave |
Another thing ....bob....where the f*ck did that come from.....
I'm just bobbing down the shop....or i'll bob over there.......  | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:16 - Sep 3 with 8866 views | Toast_R |
Bare good |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:30 - Sep 3 with 8818 views | Pablo_Hoopsta |
Bokkle instead of bottle, northern cünts say that. |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:37 - Sep 3 with 8799 views | QPRDave |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:30 - Sep 3 by Pablo_Hoopsta |
Bokkle instead of bottle, northern cünts say that. |
and sky digical...instead of digital | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:37 - Sep 3 with 8801 views | LancsBushRs |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:30 - Sep 3 by Pablo_Hoopsta |
Bokkle instead of bottle, northern cünts say that. |
Phah, don't get me started on those southerners...  |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:41 - Sep 3 with 8785 views | Pablo_Hoopsta |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:37 - Sep 3 by LancsBushRs |
Phah, don't get me started on those southerners... |
Just 'cause you don't talk proper like what we does...  | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:43 - Sep 3 with 8771 views | TW_R |
"I'm sure that got is the past tense of got so why lengthen it? Just put it in the right part of the sentence."
Got is the past tense of get, not got. Gotten is a perfectly acceptable word that just isn't used very often in thIs country anymore. Terms like "Ill-gotten" are used pretty frequently. It's just the way the language has evolved. No doubt you're happy with the word forgotten. It would sound weird as shortend to forgot all the time I.e I have forgot, but we could be saying that in 300 years. |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:59 - Sep 3 with 8730 views | smegma |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:43 - Sep 3 by TW_R |
"I'm sure that got is the past tense of got so why lengthen it? Just put it in the right part of the sentence."
Got is the past tense of get, not got. Gotten is a perfectly acceptable word that just isn't used very often in thIs country anymore. Terms like "Ill-gotten" are used pretty frequently. It's just the way the language has evolved. No doubt you're happy with the word forgotten. It would sound weird as shortend to forgot all the time I.e I have forgot, but we could be saying that in 300 years. |
I'll be dead in 40 years so won't be saying anything. Ya get me ? |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 22:25 - Sep 3 with 8684 views | derbyhoop |
I hate "could of" when what was meant was "could have". And all the variants on the misuse of the word "of", including off. |  |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 22:30 - Sep 3 with 8674 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:08 - Sep 3 by kropotkin41 |
What I was going to say - more or less - was that gotten is not made up, it's an old English word just as valid as got. It was no doubt taken to the Colonies by English emigrants and has stayed in more common usage over there than over here. |
Quite right, but no-one in Britain is saying "gotten" now because they want to revive an old English word, it's because they've heard it on imported US TV/films/music and can't be bothered to learn what has been considered correct usage in Britain for the last couple of hundred years. I don't really fret over most changes in language, but I do think we should have more pride in our identity than to simply copy whatever the Americans are doing.
Same goes for trick or treating instead of "penny for the guy". I'm sure someone could show that gridiron football is closer to the sort of village punch-ups that are the origin of football than "soccer" is but I'm buggered if I'm going to sit through that sort of tedium instead of proper football. | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 22:41 - Sep 3 with 8654 views | BklynRanger |
Exactamundo, if that's a word | | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 22:50 - Sep 3 with 8636 views | BromleyHoop |
'Im going Tesco's' or 'I'm going Hackney'. Are people just too lazy to say that they are 'going to Tesco's etc, It drives me feckin mad.
The other one is 'renember' as in memory ie 'I don't renember saying that' Derrrr doom brain.
Or white people saying 'man' at the end of virtually every sentence.
I could go on and on. |  |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 22:58 - Sep 3 with 8612 views | scot1963 |
not a made up word but a pet hate is the pronunciation of 6th as sikth instead of sixth - there's an x in it people  |  | | |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 23:00 - Sep 3 with 8595 views | ted_hendrix |
Minge. |  |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 23:03 - Sep 3 with 8594 views | tooting_hoop |
| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 21:43 - Sep 3 by TW_R |
"I'm sure that got is the past tense of got so why lengthen it? Just put it in the right part of the sentence."
Got is the past tense of get, not got. Gotten is a perfectly acceptable word that just isn't used very often in thIs country anymore. Terms like "Ill-gotten" are used pretty frequently. It's just the way the language has evolved. No doubt you're happy with the word forgotten. It would sound weird as shortend to forgot all the time I.e I have forgot, but we could be saying that in 300 years. |
You're quite right, those uses of 'gotten' don't offend me at all.
My intolerance actually concerns me more than anything else. I guess it is living proof of the ageing process that I don't want to accept.
But whilst I'm typing, may I just mention people muddling 'much' and 'many' and also 'less' and 'fewer'? | |
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| Words I think are made up that I f'ing hate on 23:06 - Sep 3 with 8573 views | ShotKneesHoop |
I hate the word "Chelsea" when it should be pronounced "Chelscum"
And "triffick" ; meaning "used to play a few times for spuds, and I can make a few bob here"
And "put in a good shift" which is SWP speak for "fooking useless" At least the transfer deadline loans / buys yesterday mean that R's Wipe won't be bothering row z much more this season. |  |
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