Hey, Americans ...

[blamebrampton]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong so often that I am wondering if it is one of those wacky idioms that English develops up all around the world. Or it could just be young people today with their emo music and Twittering ...

Comments

[sporkmetender.livejournal.com]

I must confess to using "gotten" on a fairly regular basis (it's part of an American upbringing, I suppose), but I strenuously object to using "cliché" in place of "clichéd" and "clichés." I have a friend who does it a lot, and it bugs me to death. So I guess I'm some sort of weird hybrid formation :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I can accept gotten from Americans even though it's ugly, because it comes from a rational formation. Acclimate is just wacky, though. And hurrah for proper endings!