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Topic: aint aint a word
stevenpwis's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:20 PM
I don't like to complain, but I ain't like it much when people use the word ain't, it's very annoying.

boredinaz06's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:21 PM


WHY AINT YOU DOWN WI IT

Puffins1958's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:22 PM
Oh well...what are you going to do. Some people....just do

laugh laugh laugh :tongue:

stevenpwis's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:22 PM
I aint sure why i aint down with aint

stevenpwis's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:23 PM
I think the only reason i don't like it is because people i work with say it all the time and i've been taught that it aint a word

looking4her420's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:25 PM
aint noone teach you all to speak aint u go to school

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:27 PM
Words describe somthing. a word is a word as long as people understand the word.. Words are used for communication therefore Aint not being a word would be incorrect since there are no limits on words... Bad grammar? noway different story

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:28 PM
Edited by KalamazooGuy87 on Tue 11/20/07 06:28 PM
laugh

stevenpwis's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:29 PM
i aint not understandin what you be prolly sayin

DadnMe's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:32 PM
Ain't is not a word, but rather a contraction of "am" and "not". It is used throughout the US and most english speaking countries, overseas as well. It is recongnized by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and is not an incorrect contraction, but rather a less "proper" alternative to "isn't" and "aren't".

huh

xll_criptonic_xll's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:43 PM
laugh laugh laugh laugh

Jtevans's photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:46 PM
ain't is to a word.if it wasn't a word,how would people know it?.it just ain't in the dictionary

no photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:47 PM
if aint aint a word then this sentance says..........if a word then this sentance says........it just aint right

no photo
Tue 11/20/07 06:48 PM
aint is just some slang word that someone came up with just to annoy you. aint,aint,aint,aint,aint this annoying, hee haw ,have a great thanksgiving steven and every body else. hee haw.

s1owhand's photo
Tue 11/20/07 07:30 PM
"ain't that a shame" sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqV-Gr2KA-M

no photo
Tue 11/20/07 07:35 PM
aint-contraction for are not and am not,also used for is not gotta love the computer for looking up words therefore aint is a word and there aint no reason for this thread...laugh

BeautifulSmile's photo
Sat 11/24/07 05:23 PM
aint is a word. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aint. My mother taught me it wasnt a word either but once it is in the dictionary it is a word, isnt it?

scttrbrain's photo
Sat 11/24/07 09:05 PM
ain't /eɪnt/ [eynt]
1. Nonstandard except in some dialects. am not; are not; is not.
2. Nonstandard. have not; has not; do not; does not; did not.


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[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]


—Usage note As a substitute for am not, is not, and are not in declarative sentences,
ain't is more common in uneducated speech than in educated, but it occurs with some frequency in the informal speech of the educated,
especially in the southern and south-central states.
This is especially true of the interrogative use of ain't I? as a substitute for the formal and—to some—stilted am I not?
or for aren't I?, considered by some to be ungrammatical, or for the awkward—and rare in American speech—amn't I?
Some speakers avoid any of the preceding forms by substituting Isn't that so (true, the case)?
Ain't occurs in humorous or set phrases: Ain't it the truth! She ain't what she used to be. It ain't funny.
The word is also used for emphasis: That just ain't so! It does not appear in formal writing except for deliberate effect in such phrases or to represent speech.
As a substitute for have not or has not and—occasionally in Southern speech—do not, does not, and did not, it is nonstandard except in similar humorous uses: You ain't heard nothin' yet! See also aren't.
Kat

Nickinolosers's photo
Sat 11/24/07 09:06 PM

Ain't is not a word, but rather a contraction of "am" and "not". It is used throughout the US and most english speaking countries, overseas as well. It is recongnized by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and is not an incorrect contraction, but rather a less "proper" alternative to "isn't" and "aren't".

huh

Nickinolosers's photo
Sat 11/24/07 09:06 PM

ain't is to a word.if it wasn't a word,how would people know it?.it just ain't in the dictionary


Yes it is

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