I got it / I've got it

[nq:1]When people (usually Americans) say "I got it" (e.g. if they are playing a game and collect an essential power-up), ... people say "I got it", are they actually thinking "I've got it"? I know I am, when I say it.[/nq]
No, and that's a rather easy one to demonstrate. In US English

I get it
I got it
I have gotten it
As I said in my other posts, Americans use the simple

[nq:2]When people (usually Americans) say "I got it" (e.g. if ... got it"? I know I am, when I say it.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, and that's a rather easy one to demonstrate. In US English I get it I got it I have ... be more likely to say the second, but I'm not sure. I might say either, but under slightly different circumstances.[/nq]
Sorry about that - my fault, I read it but forgot to reply. I wou

[nq:2]No, and that's a rather easy one to demonstrate. In ... sure. I might say either, but under slightly different circumstances.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sorry about that - my fault, I read it but forgot to reply. I would normally say "I've eaten there once". I can't say it would be 100% of the time though.[/nq]
I would usually say "I ate there once," remembering the actual incident. I might say "I'v

The AHD4 treats "got" there as a complete verb, not an elided form of "have got":
http://www.bartleby.com/61/84/G0108400.html
(quote, from the entry for "get")
15. b. Nonstandard To have current possession of. Used in the pasttense form with the meaning of the present: They got a nice house in town

[nq:1]The point that we tried to make was that if we left out the "have" in the verb "to get," it would come out as "I gotten" which nobody says at all.[/nq]
Nobody of your class, maybe.
Adrian

[nq:2]The point that we tried to make was that if ... come out as "I gotten" which nobody says at all.[/nq]
[nq:1]Nobody of your class, maybe.[/nq]
Good point. Some people in my class, including native speakers of English say "I should've went" or "he could have went", which really makes me nauseous.

[nq:2]The point that we tried to make was that if ... come out as "I gotten" which nobody says at all.[/nq]
[nq:1]Nobody of your class, maybe.[/nq]
Well, it doesn't really relate to Matt's question, because he was asking about "I got." But yes, it is true that Google turns up a couple thousand hits of "I gotten," even after taking out all the "had I gotten," "have I gotten," "haven't I got

[nq:1]As I said in my other posts, Americans use the simple past in places that Brits don't. I think you need to broaden your mind to accept this and not see it as some sort of deviant behavior.[/nq]
The batter hits a high fly ball to left center field. The left fielder runs for it shouting, "I got it!" This is not past nor past perfect tense. He's describing an action in progress, and his mea

[nq:2]When people (usually Americans) say "I got it" (e.g. if ... got it"? I know I am, when I say it.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, and that's a rather easy one to demonstrate. In US English I get it I got it I have ... think you need to broaden your mind to accept this and not see it as some sort of deviant behavior.[/nq]
I think that's a bit limited. In baseball, when a fly ball is hit to the outfield

[nq:1]In baseball, when a fly ball...[/nq]
According to my newsreader, you and I posted the baseball example within a minute of one another.

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