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	Anonymous  #161702  Wed, 23 Nov 05 07:09 AM Is this another US/UK difference? UK - ...he had got it. US - ...he had gotten it. Thank you.    Anonymous

	LanguageLover  #161723  Wed, 23 Nov 05 08:37 AM Yes, you're right; "gotten" is the US or Australian English informal usage.    LanguageLover Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005 A proud Iranian living in the UAE Contributing Member (1,393) The similarities among the languages are more than their differences!

	YoHf  #165455  Fri, 02 Dec 05 10:40 PM Do the really use it? "Gotten" sounds awful to me...    YoHf Joined on Wed, Oct 26 2005 Florence, Italy Senior Member (3,345) To be yourself is all that you can do.

	mrs95th  #180898  Tue, 10 Jan 06 12:27 AM 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.    mrs95th Joined on Tue, Jun 14 2005 New Member (04)

	David  #181033  Tue, 10 Jan 06 11:04 AM It does sound horrible but it is in common usage in the USA.    David Joined on Sat, Mar 8 2003 Regular Member (668)

	YoungCalifornian  #182355  Fri, 13 Jan 06 01:52 AM 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.    YoungCalifornian Joined on Mon, Feb 14 2005 Los Angeles, California Regular Member (586)

	YoHf  #182658  Fri, 13 Jan 06 04:35 PM Thank you YC for providing us with more pieces of information... I appreciated it...    YoHf

	Anonymous  #338832  Tue, 13 Mar 07 06:49 PM The differences are rather well explained here: http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/got.html http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990611    Anonymous
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	Wuv1337  #339614  Thu, 15 Mar 07 04:16 PM 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?    Wuv1337 Joined on Thu, Mar 15 2007 New Member (10)