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Is there a word that pushes your buttons?

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I've just finished reading a novel set in Scotland around 1700, and in the author's notes she states that "gotten" was still commonly used in Scotland at that time, but her characters use "got" to avoid the inevitable accusations of americanism. (The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley, if anyone's interested)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And misbegotten😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Interesting. For me, it really stood out. Not sure how recently a Brit would have used the word gotten in the circumstances? I  had a similar problem with a character  who ‘wrote’ her cousin, rather than ‘wrote to’. 
  • HumberBoyHumberBoy Posts: 27
    You Know & With all due respect.
    Arrgh
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    “ I  had a similar problem with a character  who ‘wrote’ her cousin, rather than ‘wrote to’. ”

    I have a similar issue with ‘get rid’. 
    “I don’t like that plant. I’m going to get rid.”
    No! It’s get rid of it.

    Going in the opposite direction, it’s simply outside not outside of. 
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    "I don't mean to be (rude/ mean/ fussy/ or insert any other negative adjective) but ...."
    Oh yes you do but you want to get away with it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • star gaze lilystar gaze lily Posts: 17,709
    edited October 2023
    I hate that expression too @B3 🤣
    I know someone that says...   I don't mean to be horrible, but......😫

  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Listening to one of my granddaughters today, the word LIKE was so liberally sprinkled and she didn't even know she was doing it.
    Southampton 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I woz like... and he turned around and said.... so I turned around and said it woz  a dyabollicul libberee.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    can I add amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing ? 
    Everything seems to be amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing these days.
    Devon.
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