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Re: Gas light



As a linguist, I think lit is to litten as got is to gotten
Americans normally say, as standard usage, "I get, I got, I have gotten",
whereas we Brits say "I get, I got, I have got"
ditto with to light "I light, I lit, I have lit/litten"
same as I kite, I kit, I have kittens.

Tim


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