Evangeline has well and truly learned the art of contracting.

[conuly]

She, like her sister before her, has spontaneously formed the word "amn't". It's a useful word. Pity it doesn't exist in our dialect. Like, not even remotely. I wish it did.

Comments

[ncp.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, she'll change it to "ain't" soon enough.

[conuly]

I don't think so. Ain't isn't a word any of us use very often - or at all, I never use it except joking - and Ana stopped saying amn't in favor of am not and aren't.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

It's too bad. I've decided that "ain't" should be an acceptable word because it's really just an easier way of saying "amn't"

[conuly]

I firmly agree, and have for a while.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

yay :-D

So commandeer a word from another dialect.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

God knows the English language does it all the time.

(“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. "--James D. Nicoll )

"Ain't" fills in the useful slot "amn't" would otherwise supply....but you knew that.

Re: So commandeer a word from another dialect.

[conuly]

I always love that quote :)

I'd commandeer that word, but really, it has such a stigma to say ain't and people won't understand amn't except as an unacceptable neologism. Honestly, sometimes the masses have no imagination.

[feebeeglee.livejournal.com]

Curious, which do they prefer, you aren't or you're not?

[conuly]

You know... I don't know! I should ponder this.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Now THAT would be a good questions for Liguaphiles.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't worry, she'll change it to "ain't" soon enough.

[conuly]

I don't think so. Ain't isn't a word any of us use very often - or at all, I never use it except joking - and Ana stopped saying amn't in favor of am not and aren't.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

It's too bad. I've decided that "ain't" should be an acceptable word because it's really just an easier way of saying "amn't"

[conuly]

I firmly agree, and have for a while.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

yay :-D

So commandeer a word from another dialect.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

God knows the English language does it all the time.

(“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. "--James D. Nicoll )

"Ain't" fills in the useful slot "amn't" would otherwise supply....but you knew that.

Re: So commandeer a word from another dialect.

[conuly]

I always love that quote :)

I'd commandeer that word, but really, it has such a stigma to say ain't and people won't understand amn't except as an unacceptable neologism. Honestly, sometimes the masses have no imagination.

[feebeeglee.livejournal.com]

Curious, which do they prefer, you aren't or you're not?

[conuly]

You know... I don't know! I should ponder this.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Now THAT would be a good questions for Liguaphiles.