I am increasingly finding the word 'gotten' sneaking into my vocabulary. It actually is clearer & flows better than using 'got' for both present & past but I will resist this colonialism of my language.
I blame @GodDoesnt for this but he just says 'Reverse colonialism isn't real'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
We retain a lot of older Anglicisms on this side of the pond, including especially pronunciation.
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Replying to @scareduck @GodDoesnt
Yep. I found the most useful way to track this was to get a copy of a Shakespeare play glossed for Americans and glossed for Brits. It's amazing how much difference there is in what needs to be glossed and what does not. Shows the split in the languages very clearly.
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