• @Maggoty
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    53 days ago

    I’ve used gotten for decades in the US?

    • @[email protected]
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      43 days ago

      I have heard that US English is much closer to the English of the 1600s, whereas ours evolved under the influence of French, and I guess some things dropped out of common usage. Gotten being one of them, posssibly until the invention of YouTube sped up globalisation.

      • @Maggoty
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        53 days ago

        Oh that’s interesting. Because we all think of the British accent as code for colonial period speech on TV shows.

        • @[email protected]
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          63 days ago

          I was watching a video about that the other day, turns out the generic American accent is probably closer to the English accent of the time than ours is.

    • @Reddfugee42
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      23 days ago

      You also use question marks to end statements.

        • @Reddfugee42
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          13 days ago

          In that context, you’re implying that you can’t believe you use it that way

          • @Maggoty
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            13 days ago

            Sometimes I can’t believe anything.