But you live in Scotland - you have to be...understanding.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/02/2011, at 9:35 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> No, of course I don't use "gotten", as you well know (or you wouldn't have
> asked), nor do I particularly like it, but accept it, and more I value its
> use by others as an indicator of how the language has developed diversely
> from common origins. Think of it as living palaeography-cum-etymology (and
> hope that Bob Whitmire doesn't take offence at being given the palaeo-
> prefix).
>
> For the same reason I value the numerous malapropisms we face in everyday
> usage - they are themselves a pointer to how language develops. Doesn't mean
> I don't sneer at the "hiigerance" of the offenders, of course - got to
> maintain my own self-importance, eh?
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