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Originally Posted by DNSB
I agree that we are drifting off topic but words are indeed such fun. Though you tend to get friends and family suggesting that you drag your vocabulary kicking and screaming out of the 19th century.  |
The vocabulary and spellings used in the US stem from 16th century. The Daily Telegraph went into meltdown last week when one of its sub-editors dared to use the dreaded Americanism "gotten" in a headline.
In Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor (1604) we find:
"NYM:
He was gotten in drink: is not the humour conceited?"