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Is this another US/UK difference?

UK - ...he had got it.
US - ...he had gotten it.
Thank you.
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+1 by LanguageLover [More info]
Yes, you're right; "gotten" is the US or Australian English informal usage.
 
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+1 by YoHf [More info]

Do the really use it? "Gotten" sounds awful to me...

 
+1 mrs95th  [More info]
They do. And I have to say, it's infectious. I've caught myself use it - recently. And that someone who is an Anglophile. I was terribly embarrassed when I discovered what I was saying.
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+1 David  [More info]
It does sound horrible but it is in common usage in the USA.
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+1 YoungCalifornian  [More info]

Well, "gotten" doesn't sound horrible to me, but I'm American. Anyway, we do indeed use "gotten" in the United States, and it is not considered informal. Just so everyone is aware, at the time of American independence, the word existed on both sides of the Atlantic. Its usage eventually died out in Britain, but persevered in America.
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+1 by YoHf [More info]

Thank you YC for providing us with more pieces of information... I appreciated it... Smile [:)]

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+1 by Anonymous [More info]
The differences are rather well explained here:
http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/got.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990611
 
+1 Wuv1337  [More info]

Woah. I was used to reading British books, so I always say "have got" without knowing it's not an American thing. xD

But then what about the phrase "you've got mail"? Come to think of it, I think Americans say "I've got ____" a lot... don't they?
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