Your daughter has the rules down - see Anne's set. "What's the missing word?" "Amn't" follows the rules. It's the rule-breaking usage she hasn't picked up on yet.
Philip 97128 On Jun 17, 11:15 pm, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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%2Bunsubscrib > >> e...@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%2Bunsubscrib > > e...@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.
