I don’t get ‘got’

I know I’m not supposed to use ‘got’ because it’s not a very nice word. But sometimes it just fits.

When you’re trying to fit words into a limited character count, every small word comes into play.

What can we use instead of ‘got’? Have. Possess. Own. They’re not very funky though – you might want to say that ‘someone’s got soul’ which is much cooler than ‘someone owns soul’. Which doesn’t even make sense.

I can’t even remember why ‘got’ fell out of fashion. I might start using it again to prove my point. Cos you either got it, or you don’t got it. Get it?

This post was originally published by Christine on Mon, 01/07/2008