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No, it's normal usage. It sounds nicer. I'd tilt either way:

"Do you have a pen and some paper?"

"Have you got a pen and some paper?"

these both sound quite natural to me, though you...

British English very rarely uses "gotten." I agree with waxwing on usage there, although I do not claim to speak for Americans, either. In British English "gotten" is only used by those picking it up...

*removes double post*

Colloquial perhaps, but not slang. There's nothing wrong about using "get" in my opinion (which means joysof will say the opposite soon unless he can resist it), but it does sound rather inelegant....

And why not? Other than the fact that the "?" has been ommitted of course!

Hehehehe...

I have a bone to pick with "fridge." (There's a sentence you'll never think you'll say!) Why is is spellt with a d when refrigerator isn't? Well I suppose frige would look weird......