Gotten...

[Saluki]

I'm not a big fan of 'gotten' either. I really dislike being asked 'what do you got?' when I am taking something in somewhere or someone is asking me about something.

 

[Dirk]

‘Gotten’ is, in fact, an ancient English word that was in use in England at the time America was colonized by the English. Over the centuries, the Americans kept on using it and the English did not.
SOURCE

 

[snorri]

He's put 'putten' where he should have putten 'put'.

I used to have a British Seagull outboard motor with a very similar problem.

 

[hoopdriver]

Yes, it is simply a case of old English coming home to roost. Gotten was the past participle of get back in the Middle Ages, but fell out of favour by the 18th century. It survived in the colonies - Canada and America. Now that it has been making a reappearance in British English there is a snobbery about vulgar Americanisms creeping in.

In fact it is just original centuries old English coming back home.

 

[CopperBrompton]

As DT and Hoopdriver note, gotten is a perfectly good English word. I'm sure by now the OP will have gotten over his distaste for it.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 3483229, member: 45"]Me: Small tea please.
Starbucks boy: Tall tea?
Me: No. Small tea please.
Him: Tall?
Me: No. Small.
Him: Tall.
Me: Just give me the smallest tea that you do.
Him: That'll be a tall tea.

Idiots. The lot of them.[/QUOTE]

That'll learn you for going there in the first place. I have been to a Starbucks. Once.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I, for one, like the word and use it here on cc, so I am really glad that several others have gotten around to pointing out that it is not an American import but a revival of an old English word!

 

[Dirk]

Just because I pointed it out doesn't necessarily mean I actually like, or use, the word.

 

[hoopdriver]

I use it when it feels appropriate. It is a perfectly legitimate word.

 

[hoopdriver]

Says who? It fell out of fashion. It was never declared bad or incorrect. Ill informed snobbery. The worst sort

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In this instance we should respect the decision of our forebears who decided to stop using it. Just because it was once a perfectly acceptable English word does not make it one now.

You're such a fustilarian.

 

[BigAl68]

Well I have just gotten in my cycling gear and off out.

 

[hoopdriver]

Hopefully it's a bookcase and you'll put some books in it

 

[Poacher]

While not objecting to the appropriate use of gotten, I'm inevitably reminded of seeing multilingual adverts for boat trips to admire sea caves, for which the German is Grottenfahrts.
Wonder if @pplpilot is still on that upstairs toilet?

 

[hoopdriver]

You did claim, quite some while back, that you are better at put downs than me. Having patiently waited since then for my first oppotunity to evaluate one, I can only say that I am glad I didn't invest too much effort in the exercise.

I don't recall that claim. I wouldn't doubt that I am, but I don't recall saying so. Anyway, I'm glad you didn't expend the effort. Never spend what you can't afford.