Instead of the awkward and grammatically inaccurate "aren't I", you say "ain't I" -- Ain't I smart?
Note that the singular of y'all is "yew", as in "Ha yew?" Seriously, I think a locution such as "y'all he'p me now" is old English of a certain class and possibly region. A co worker from Balimer (Merlund) and her Virginia boyfriend found, in London, that the Brits could easily understand him but not her. OK, Jim, no more. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:47 PM, R Gonet <richard.go...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > > > > > I personally think that "ain't" fills a huge gap in our language and > ought > > to be encouraged; as, too, "y'all". Seriously. > > What are the gaps that they fill? I can see the utility of "ya'll", > though the apostrophe is a PITA, but "ain't" doesn't seem to fill a > need that I can tell. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
