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"hotting up" hmm is this correct in British english? I swear I've never heard this in place of "heating up"
by redwood 14y ago
"hotting up" hmm is this correct in British english? I swear I've never heard this in place of "heating up"
- EwanToo 14y agoYes, "hotting up" is correct English, "heating up"is not wrong though.
- redwood 14y agoInteresting! It would not be correct in American english generally speaking.
- to3m 14y agoAs I interpret it, "hotting up" is purely metaphorical, and "heating up" is usually literal (though not always). You might heat up your cup of tea by putting it on the stove, for example, but you would hot it up by tipping in some cocaine, adding a little umbrella, and drinking it from a pyrex glass covered in glitter.
- redwood 14y agoLove the explanation, thanks!
- dubya 14y agoThere's a poster with the slogan "Maths hots up" that I was sure was incorrect the first few times I saw it.
- csense 14y agoIt must be a British-ism. This is the first time I've ever heard it.