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1871 cencus haswell co durham

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FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 27 Jun 2009 21:50

Diabolical grammer that is,or americanese or canuckese maybe

"I've been bit by that mosquito!"

Mother would have a pink fit,,,it IS"bitten" surely.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 27 Jun 2009 21:56

Heh. Send your mum over to Chat.

(Oh well, it's been deleted. A post moaning about the dreadful Americanism "gotten", which predictably - given begotten and misbegotten and such words - turned out to be early English, retained in North America and abandoned in the UK.)

I was ... once bitten, twice shy. ;)

Edit - found it:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1158366