Does “have” and “got” have the same meaning in this context, making the “got” in “got” redundant and unnecessary. I agree they didn’t add any significant emphasis to the language. They simply were a little too dense. Is it an apt phrase for the cultural ear? My mother is from Texas. I picked up the phrase “got to get going” by way of my mother who was from the Texas Panhandle. So, I don’t know what I am talking about. What should I do? This always sounded right to my ear just from hearing it so often. When I travel in other states or out of country, the phase was always found to be funny and excessive. Sometimes it is just local custom that dictates things like

this.