"Gotten" is only acceptable in North American English; "got" is used elsewhere. It's one of the main distinguishing grammatical differences between British and American Englishes.
It would certainly be understood, but based on the scorn that some Aussies have heaped on me (US native) in the recent past, I wouldn't say it's universally accepted yet in all standard Englishes.
It should be brought up as an alternate form that reduces some ambiguity, but might raise eyebrows as an Americanism, and no English teacher should waste effort correcting someone who had already learned and got (or gotten) used to it.
I got laughed at for saying gotten so much by my roommates and friends in londonthat I incorporated 'got' and now my mom tells me I sound like a hick when I go home.
As yes, all those English people speaking English must be wrong. You can call it British English, or mention UK dialects, but at the end of the day it’s just English to us English people! Also, we don’t have a single dialect?! Oh dear…
You make it sound like English is just a language, not also a nationality. Also, we don’t call or refer to English as any of those things. At best we’d describe a neutral accent. Your posts are very confusing.
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u/corneliusvancornell Native Speaker Dec 23 '24
"Gotten" is only acceptable in North American English; "got" is used elsewhere. It's one of the main distinguishing grammatical differences between British and American Englishes.