Ill-gotten and misbegotten are archaic leftovers, used only in very specific
cliches.
Rotten, of course, is the exception that prove the rule.
:-)
Now, tell me Piers, do you like, accept or use 'gotten' yourself? Or 'begotten'
for that matter?
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/02/2011, at 9:08 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> The inconsistency of English was indeed my point Martin!
>
> But in this case I suspect the inconsistency is the verb "get", because as
> well as "forgotten" I can recall "ill-gotten" and "misbegotten" as deriving
> from related verbs.
>
> I suspect Andrew would not accept "rotten" as a further example.
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