r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 18d ago

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

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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 18d 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.