01-04-2004, 01:37pm
was that the American English Oxford? I think the Aussie one is the Macquarie.
Typical use of gotten? (I've gone and gotten a cold.)
Why not say (I've got a cold)
... and it's not color, but colour, and while I'm at it the letter u is pronounce 'yoo', not 'oo' ... as in music, not moosic!:">
Back in sixteen seventy something, on the battlefields of France, a young English soldier was overheard by an officer of the crown speaking to his mate "I got fuckn knifed right up me bloody arm once here two year ago!"
"Get f****d ya ol' geezer, you'd be on ya bleedin back and 'ave worm's crawling out your arse"
The young officer was horrified and briskly walked over to the two foot soldiers "My God man, don't you know the Queen's English!"
One soldier replied "I fuckn hope so sir, we're fighting for her!" -385-
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Typical use of gotten? (I've gone and gotten a cold.)
Why not say (I've got a cold)
... and it's not color, but colour, and while I'm at it the letter u is pronounce 'yoo', not 'oo' ... as in music, not moosic!:">
Back in sixteen seventy something, on the battlefields of France, a young English soldier was overheard by an officer of the crown speaking to his mate "I got fuckn knifed right up me bloody arm once here two year ago!"
"Get f****d ya ol' geezer, you'd be on ya bleedin back and 'ave worm's crawling out your arse"
The young officer was horrified and briskly walked over to the two foot soldiers "My God man, don't you know the Queen's English!"
One soldier replied "I fuckn hope so sir, we're fighting for her!" -385-
XOCET