Raise kids? Is it correct? Gotten? Is it correct? How do you pronounce 'Basil'

Hello KIB students. 

Yesterday everyone thought I stirred up the hornet's  nest about brisket bone and biscuit bones on  the Nigerian 'internetspere'

For your information,  the argument began from Nairaland not from KIB.

Let's get down to brass tacks. Remember that here on KIB, I try to teach UK or British English not US or American  English.

I can only make reference to US English.

So, people in Nigeria usually 'raise' children. Some English teachers would say it is wrong,  but it's actually correct in US English.

Raise (US English) means to care for a child until it is able to look after itself.

Basically, Britons would say 'rear'.

Rear means to care for children or animals, etc until they are fully grown.

Britons only use 'raise' when talking about taking care of domestic animals till they are fully grown.

'Rear' is  the proper thing to say in British English.

In  British English,  the past participle of drive is driven,  fall is fallen,  forget is forgotten.

But then

The past participle of  get is got and not gotten. 'Gotten' is only correct in US English.

The past participle of prove is proved not proven. ( proven is correct in US English)

Britons recognise the word 'proven' as an adjective. E.g the drug has proven potency.

So, when you want to say

'Have you gotten the book',  please say 'have you got the book? '

I have got everything I need is British English

I have gotten everything I need is American English.

Finally, let's pronounce a few names

Basil is pronounced as (bazl)

Kingsley is pronounced (Kinzli)

Desmond is (dezmnd).

Gregory is pronounced as (gregri)

We draw the curtain on  today's lecture  right here. 

I have to be on the next flight to Timbuktu for the second time. I am learning Swahili. LOL

The class with King Ifey is done and dusted.

'walks out of the class'

Peeps through the window'

By the way

'to stir up  a hornet's nest' means to angry argument involving many people.

Inakupenda

'be rest assured'is wrong. Find out here

Ciao