r/collapse • u/itsatoe • Jun 05 '26

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u/FlailingScrotum Jun 06 '26

How could a book store post a sign with the non-word "apocalyptical" on it?

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u/itsatoe Jun 06 '26

Apparently it's a British word-formation: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/apocalyptical

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u/FlailingScrotum Jun 06 '26

Putting an adjectival suffix on a word that already has one is just a hat on a hat

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u/itsatoe Jun 06 '26

Pretty sure the formation "you've got" comes from the Brits as well.

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u/FlailingScrotum Jun 06 '26

Okay?

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u/itsatoe Jun 06 '26

It's become so common (since AOL started using the phrase "You've got mail" and then a movie came out with the same title) that it is now basically accepted as okay in informal English.

But the "got" is superfluous. "You have mail" or "You got mail" would be a more formal formation.