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Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by dboreham on Saturday April 14, 2018 @03:41PM (#16839043)
Something odd about the word "gotten" in the context of student literacy? Or is it just me?

I see the headline here has since been edited to remove that word.

Perhaps this is some clever "English as she is wrote" kind of joke that flew over my head??

Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by kwhitefoot on Sunday April 15, 2018 @09:55AM (#16842631)
Gotten is the past participle of to get in both standard American English and Scottish English (I won't say Scots because that is often regarded as almost a separate language from English). I wouldn't say it myself but then it isn't part of my south western English (North Wiltshire) dialect, my wife on the other hand used it all the time (she was from Orkney).
Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by fjsolwmv on Saturday April 14, 2018 @10:53PM (#16840856)
Perhaps it's a sly hint to the fact that you can go online to learn the meaning of words you don't recognize:

https://www.google.com/search?q=define+gotten

Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by jwilk on Saturday April 14, 2018 @04:43PM (#16839374)
What's wrong with "gotten"?
Re:Assumptions about how children learn to read have been di... by dboreham on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:07PM (#16861319)
To me (British English native) it sounds like a non-word. I'm well aware of its meaning and that many "Americanisms" are actually old English usage. It still sounds to me like something a cartoon weasel would say.