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is aint a word?


Yes- aint is legally a word
  62% (28)
nope
  37% (17)


Total Votes : 45
(last vote on : 5/15/2007 5:27:55 PM)
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pahunkboy -> is aint a word? (5/14/2007 9:17:32 AM)

wondering- I cant decide.



MistressRage -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 9:23:15 AM)

My opinion is that if you use it in a sentence to someone and they understand what you meant by it then it counts as a word.

I make up my own words all the time because until someone elects the official word maker of the world I say it's an open forum LOL.



darchChylde -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 9:51:59 AM)

evolution is real, sex is dangerous and ain't is a word; somethings can no longer be debated

but i wonder, what is it a contraction for? am is not?



MasterFireMaam -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:24:27 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: darchChylde
but i wonder, what is it a contraction for? am is not?


Since you asked...

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
ain't  [image]http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif[/image]  [image]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/image][image]http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif[/image]  /eɪnt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[eynt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 1.Nonstandard except in some dialects. am not; are not; is not. 2.Nonstandard. have not; has not; do not; does not; did not.
[Origin: 1770–80; var. of amn't (contr. of am not) by loss of m and raising with compensatory lengthening of a; cf. aren't[image]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png[/image]]

Master Fire




stockingluvr54 -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:31:42 AM)

Hell no it ain't a word.....!!!!!!  But I use it all the time... also use gonna, kinda, sorta,etc. I write that way also cause (another one) that's the way I usually talk if comfortable around friends. I also clean it up when that kinda (there it is again) writing or talk isn't appropriate.....just me



Craftsman -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 2:18:28 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

wondering- I cant decide.
Merriam-Webster On-Line says:
quote:



ain't
One entry found.





ain't



Main Entry:
ain't [image]http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif[/image]
Pronunciation:
\ˈānt\
Etymology:
contraction of are not
Date:
1749
1 : am not : are not : is not 2 : have not : has not 3 : do not : does not : did not — used in some varieties of Black English usage Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated, ain't in senses 1 and 2 is flourishing in American English. It is used in both speech and writing to catch attention and to gain emphasis <the wackiness of movies, once so deliciously amusing, ain't funny anymore — Richard Schickel> <I am telling you—there ain't going to be any blackmail — R. M. Nixon>. It is used especially in journalistic prose as part of a consistently informal style <the creative process ain't easy — Mike Royko>. This informal ain't is commonly distinguished from habitual ain't by its frequent occurrence in fixed constructions and phrases <well—class it ain't— Cleveland Amory> <for money? say it ain't so, Jimmy! — Andy Rooney> <you ain't seen nothing yet> <that ain't hay> <two out of three ain't bad> <if it ain't broke, don't fix it>. In fiction ain't is used for purposes of characterization; in familiar correspondence it tends to be the mark of a warm personal friendship. It is also used for metrical reasons in popular songs <Ain't She Sweet> <It Ain't Necessarily So>. Our evidence shows British use to be much the same as American.
 So, ain't nobody going to tell me ain't ain't a word.



LaTigresse -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 2:51:22 PM)

While it may be in the dictionary and classified as a word it is one of many that I detest. It just seems.........ignorant.

That being said........I also make up my own words......LeeAnnisms.[:D]



domiguy -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 3:22:34 PM)

Aint aint a word...If someone uses it makes them sound like trash....Now here is a word you can use...."Fremps"...Meaning.....When "you" feel embarassed for the actions of other people...Like when watching a tv show or perhaps in the forums......."Domiguy frempsed after reading the post by Puella where she stated that she wanted KurtKaboom to do her anally."



SirRober -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 3:23:47 PM)

aint is a word since it is in the dictonary but ..... I remember when it wasn't a word and was told to stop using it ....ie

Aint aint a word because aint aint in the dictonary. ...

just like WWW is now a word for well you should know this



DesertRat -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:13:21 PM)

Of course it's a word. I use it alot. Is 'alot' a word?

Bob



Termyn8or -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:44:26 PM)

Ain't means isn't and aren't at the same time, but does not discriminate between the two. If a word can be defined like that, it is a word.

T



Termyn8or -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:47:34 PM)

Oops, I forgot am not. But it still stands.

T



Rumtiger -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:48:03 PM)

It's nonstandard, so therefore it is legally (as that was the question) not a word.

However it is vernacular, and in the rules of culture vernacular beats standardization every single time.



understeer -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:50:24 PM)

Being from the south, I'm sure I'll get flack on this, but as far as I'm concerned, ain't is an improper contraction between aren't and isn't.

HOWEVER, y'all is a proper contraction, similar to vous, usted, and Sie, and from what I understand, derived from old english.  :)



TheHeretic -> RE: is aint a word? (5/14/2007 10:54:15 PM)

yep.



gentlethistle -> RE: is aint a word? (5/15/2007 1:48:56 AM)

"Ain't" is "isn't", innit?

It's a mutation of a contraction, like "I'm" or "don't" or "he's".  In the area I live, "ain't" often comes out sounding like "ent" and I always wonder how a non-native English speaker would ever figure out that "I ent gonna..." means "I am not going to..."

My Chambers 21st century dictionary includes "ain't" so I vote it's now a word, but I would hold out for always including the apostrophe. But language reflects usage rather than rules.

  Laura




Lorddarkfall -> RE: is aint a word? (5/15/2007 3:19:11 AM)

I had a southern upbringing so yeah ain't is a word



LadyEllen -> RE: is aint a word? (5/15/2007 4:27:12 AM)

Right. I'm English, so bugger the dictionary or any professor! Ignore the Queen, or any other authority.

Aint, is a word. As are the regional variations used in my area - "ay" and "en"

as in "You are not going to catch fish in the canal"

"Yo ay gunna catch fish in the cut" or "You en gunna catch fish in the cut"

The English that is in the dictionary, and formalised in grammar books and so on, is a recent invention. The same process of standardisation occurred in every European language I can think of. The purpose of the standardisation was to provide an agreed, mutually intelligible form for the language, for use both within the population speaking varieties of it and for the purposes of contacts external to that population in other countries.

Thus, the only artificial or false English, is that to be found in the dictionary, "proper" pronunciations and in the grammar books. It is a contrived form to fulfil its purpose. It does this job well, but it isnt a real form of the language, and its importance for this purpose is lessening as more of us get to hear, through TV and radio etc, how other speakers use English and get used to their pronunciation and word usage, and understand what theyre saying.

Its a living language too, and every year they add new words to the dictionaries to take account of this, dropping older forms no longer in use. If it were meant to be that English was static, then we'd all still be speaking something between German, Dutch and Danish with maybe a few Romano-Welsh bits thrown in.

E



Lordandmaster -> RE: is aint a word? (5/15/2007 4:30:28 AM)

Do people prefer pink nipples or brown?



VeryMercurial -> RE: is aint a word? (5/15/2007 4:45:25 AM)

I voted yes



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