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jimbob · 10-20-2004, 04:00 PM

A sign I saw today in a sports shop window said "We got it. They don't."
This might mean something to Americans and other foreign English speakers, where 'got' seems to be used differently, but here in Blighty 'got' is the past tense of 'get'. So the first sentence should read "We have it" or the second "They didn't" for the whole to make any sence.

The It in question is a shoe which is unique to that particular chain of stores. Should I really feel sad that people can appreciate the tiny differences between exclusively stocked sport shoes in different shops but not the intricacies of the language?

10-20-2004, 04:00 PM	#46 (permalink)
jimbob Crazy Location: Liverpool UK	A sign I saw today in a sports shop window said "We got it. They don't." This might mean something to Americans and other foreign English speakers, where 'got' seems to be used differently, but here in Blighty 'got' is the past tense of 'get'. So the first sentence should read "We have it" or the second "They didn't" for the whole to make any sence. The It in question is a shoe which is unique to that particular chain of stores. Should I really feel sad that people can appreciate the tiny differences between exclusively stocked sport shoes in different shops but not the intricacies of the language? Last edited by jimbob; 10-20-2004 at 04:03 PM..