I think it all comes down to 5 year-olds. My daughter had used the word "amn't" pronounced em-ent for "I am not going to go". It seems reasonable to someone not too anchored in rules.
Brian On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:40 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- 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.
