Re: [OM] OT: Use of verbs, was Re: olympus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31

[Chuck Norcutt]

I agree and use it myself.  My wife's response was that she'd use it in 
everyday speech but not likely in something written.  Must be due to the 
training by our parents who came from eastern Massachusetts, central 
Michigan and northern Pennsylvania.  A bit far from the southern 
Appalachians.

Chuck Norcutt

On 2/1/2011 10:31 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Yeah, but "gotten" has such a nice ring to it, not to mention what it
> does to the Grammar Patrol.<g>  As I recall, it is/was fairly common
> usage in the southern Appalachians, which has dialects unto
> themselves.
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:
>
>> Just because the PP of "forget" is "forgotten", doesn't mean that
>> PP of "get" is "gotten".
>
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