Karen McLachlan said:
> The growing misuse of the word "got" instead of "have" is driving
> me crazy. The advertising world has turned this error into common usage
> with things like "Got milk" or "We got red ones! We got blue ones!" And
> then there's "He gots my book!" from the kids. That really makes me nuts!
>
And let's not forget the famous, "You've got mail!" That's such a pet-peeve
of mine that I wrote a joking (but semi-serious) email to AOL about it three
years ago. They wrote back stating they weren't going to change it. Can you
believe the audacity???? Hmph! :)
Connie Joyce, MLIS Student/Teacher
Ontario, California
cjoyce101@earthlink.net
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