tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post437158449671889663..comments2010-07-23T08:06:18.596+10:00Comments on warm and toasty with occasional storms: I hate the word "gifted'.Toastyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221326061578016978noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post-56513748228972191642009-04-28T00:17:00.000+10:002009-04-28T00:17:00.000+10:00'Gotten' is just an older form of the past perfect...'Gotten' is just an older form of the past perfect of 'got' that has been preserved in American English and taken over by a different dialect of British English. That's true of a number of Americanisms, and also of Australian English - we preserve a lot of dialect words which are no longer prevalent in British English.<br /><br />The use of gifted in the phrase gifted child (or gifted musician etc.) isn't really an adjective - it's a past participle used adjectivally. What that really means is that there is a notion that someone's doing the giving - understood to be God in original usage. <br /><br />And the whole thing of turning nouns into verbs and vice versa has been a feature of English for at least 800 years - Shakespeare does it rather a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post-52580529912149039082009-02-27T22:42:00.000+11:002009-02-27T22:42:00.000+11:00I don't mind the term used for children, it's more...I don't mind the term used for children, it's more that it would seem approximately 99% of all known children are gifted according to their parents... either that or it becomes a dirty word...<BR/><BR/>I love the Danish take - what a cack!Toastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18221326061578016978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post-69533219361035659602009-02-25T21:10:00.000+11:002009-02-25T21:10:00.000+11:00The thing I love about the word gift is that in Da...The thing I love about the word gift is that in Danish is means married or poison - seriously - same spelling, same pronunciation. Brilliant.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately "gifted" as an adjective for children is entrenched. Though there is a technical difference between Gifted & Talented for those in the know (or who read this website: http://www.nswagtc.org.au/). I suppose gifted is a better adjective than some others that could be used, but....flisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17158222889289796591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post-35481208366935035642009-02-25T18:43:00.000+11:002009-02-25T18:43:00.000+11:00Lets *do* lunch!Lets *do* lunch!Wenchiladahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201154948088108034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034792694297136011.post-15621392870748809492009-02-23T23:01:00.000+11:002009-02-23T23:01:00.000+11:00What about "I could care less"? It's couldn't car...What about "I could care less"? It's couldn't care less!!!<BR/><BR/>Or gotten as the past tense of got? (that one could just be me). <BR/><BR/>Or perhaps "I'll write her" when they actually mean write TO her.<BR/><BR/>All very much Americanisms.<BR/><BR/>What about flaunt/flout?<BR/><BR/>I could be here all day... :)<BR/><BR/>But certainly no good comes from the word gifted.Mousicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063945349373603132noreply@blogger.com