Re: Free Wi-Fi at mcDonalds

In <14vbi3l7qb7kte6o74heq2l80oditcqval@xxxxxxx> Cheemag <cheemag@xxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:49:48 -0500, Grooove <grooove@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Cheemag <cheemag@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:9o59i3l7btj04c47e2o93klnea1akal9pf@xxxxxxx:

spew-provking "gonna", "I see where you're coming from", "fall"
increasingly for autumn, "meter" for metre, "center" for centre and so
their illiterate spelling abounds everywhere.


The one that *really* winds me up is "gotten"

lol, 2 countries divided by a common language..

Ah, but to be fair, "gotten" is in fact old English and
not an American invention, as I think are "to visit with" and
"to speak with"

Moreover, what is the past participle of "get" if it is not "gotten"?

"getted"? "gotted"? "gat"?

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