Yes, Brits tend to say 'mobile'. Sometimes, it's just 'phone' (pronounced with a special empasis, so that you can tell it's spelt 'fone'). I, personally, despise the latter, and am pushing for the use of 'field telephonical', but it hasn't caught on yet.

So they don't use it at all? That's what my OED says, and I suppose it should know, but the mind, it boggles.

I have never used 'gotten' in a sentance. (Until I wrote that one, if you don't count writing American characters-- even then, it's something that often doesn't go into until a beta's pointed out where it should be.)

I seem to recall somewhere that 'gotten' is actually the older form, and while the British usage progressed and became more streamlined, American (and Austrailian usage, I suppose) retained the anachronism.

while the British usage progressed and became more streamlined, American (and Austrailian usage, I suppose) retained the anachronism.

Which is what happened with "fall" too, IIRC.

edit: versus "autumn"

So maybe there's someone out there that's more familiar with the situation than I am.

Did one of the big webmasters in HP fandom *ban* one of the other BNFs from the site she owns? And thereby ban everyone else who tries to log on from the same school that BNF attends?

This is what comes of trying to stay away from Fandom Wank...

Dana, do you mean this and this?

No, you probably mean her, don't you?

Man, what a timesuck.

I do mean that last one. I just can't tell precisely how insane everyone there is.

I just can't tell precisely how insane everyone there is.

11.

Just a stab.

And the preceding one, they sound like a 9.

People scare me.

Dear lord, Fandom_Wank got linked on Metafilter.

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