a random bit of editing dialogue

[julesjones]

Excerpt from my comments on the latest version of edits on Bargain:

"Were I English I would bitch about this, because many, many of the English believe that 'gotten' does not exist in any British dialect. Since I am Northern Irish, I am glad you corrected something I did out of years of habit formed from writing English characters..."

Comments

[watervole]

I use 'gotten' as a conscious choice. I feel it fills a gap in English. I only wish the Americans would do likewise and use 'fitted'.

[kalypso]

I don't actually know when to use it. I used to think I did - it looked straightforward enough - but green_maia said I'd misunderstood the nuances, so now I'm baffled. If I had to write American characters, I would ask an American to read it through and tell me what needed changing.