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"ain't" still is not a word

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Sighren

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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:33 am


	Wow.. I've lived in LA since I was four and I have never used Y'all or Ain't. I think some of you may find it snotty of me, but I refuse to take up the southern accent. The only word that comes out that way is "your." It automatically comes out as "yer." redface

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:32 pm


	While I agree with you that "ain't" is an abomination, it has been showing up in dictionaries recently. It's simply the evolution of our language. Many words we accept and use today were unheard of several hundred years ago. Just read an Edgar Allen Poe story. He spells out words that we commonly contract today.

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Rutoh-Chan

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:50 pm


	The good old days... where everyone who could actually write was so proud of it that they did it as correctly as they could.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:44 pm


	shnordelphlaps While I agree with you that "ain't" is an abomination, it has been showing up in dictionaries recently. It's simply the evolution of our language. Many words we accept and use today were unheard of several hundred years ago. Just read an Edgar Allen Poe story. He spells out words that we commonly contract today. "ain't" has been around for hundreds of years, yo.

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Munia

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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:51 am


	DarkElf27 As people have been mentioning, 'ain't' is part of an accent, and should not be part of writing, unless deliberatey trying to imply an accent. I completely agree with you. 3nodding By the way, shouldn't the title of this topic be "Ain't is not a word yet" instead of "Ain't still is not a word"? The lattest just sounds weird. sweatdrop

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:32 pm


	Munia DarkElf27 As people have been mentioning, 'ain't' is part of an accent, and should not be part of writing, unless deliberatey trying to imply an accent. I completely agree with you. 3nodding By the way, shouldn't the title of this topic be "Ain't is not a word yet" instead of "Ain't still is not a word"? The lattest just sounds weird. sweatdrop Me too, I use ain't ,since it is part of my accent, everyday. I never use it in my writing unless I'm implying my accent.

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