r/MadeMeSmile 18d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/Evendim 18d ago

My grandfather was non verbal until he was 7.

There has never been any indication that he was on the spectrum, but once he started talking he became very well spoken, and almost dictatorial with how we spoke as children. Don't get me wrong, I loved this man with every part of my being, and he is the reason I am now an English teacher, but god dammit Doug, we can we please use the word "got"?

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u/Major_Toe_6041 18d ago

At least it isn’t gotten.

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u/dancesquared 18d ago

I love gotten.

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u/Major_Toe_6041 18d ago

You are wrong.

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u/dancesquared 17d ago

It’s a nice Germanic touch in an overly Frenchified language.

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u/Major_Toe_6041 17d ago

It’s not a word in British English. It is only an acknowledged word in American English.

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u/dancesquared 17d ago edited 17d ago

It was a word in British English historically, but it fell out of favor. Now it’s growing in popularity in Britain once again.

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u/Major_Toe_6041 17d ago

Well it’s wrong regardless, British dictionaries don’t recognise it as a word. Just because younger Brits are speaking American English more due to social media doesn’t make the word correct.

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u/dancesquared 17d ago

What do you mean British dictionaries don’t recognize it as a word? Do you have an example of a British dictionary that doesn’t recognize it as a word? The Oxford English Dictionary recognizes it.

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u/Major_Toe_6041 17d ago

Can’t access the info with Oxford Dictionary without paying a subscription which I’m not doing for the sake of a petulant argument on the internet, Cambridge dictionary has it as American English only, not British English.

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u/dancesquared 17d ago

I don’t see what’s petulant about what we’re talking about.

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