Date: 9/1/2001 7:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 16376
don't say ain't cause ain't aint a word! LOL J/K I think ain't is a word it is just poor grammer  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 33922
Yes it is a word...But, in my oppinion, not good English...LOL  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 35720
I think that some people sound OK saying "Ain't" but I definently don't, so I try to refrain from using it.  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 2030
Ain't is as much a word as "disrespect" is a verb. Not gramatically correct, but so are many other things. it's not so much how a person talks or uses slang, it's how others view you when you do.  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:24:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19901
I think it also makes a difference what part of the country you're from, though.  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 3835
ain't described by the American Century Dictionary says: "am, is,or are not, have or have not. This form is highly regaurded as informal, if not outrighteously inncorrect and should be avoided in formal contexts".  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 36635
Ain't is a word. It's in the dictionary and everything. But whether it's considered proper English or not... well, who actually speaks proper ya know!  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 15997
i ain't got an opinion about the word ain't...jk i think it is a word just bad english.i try not to use the word though (k maybe sometimes i use it). looneygirl  |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 29773
Actually I think it's in the dictionary, so it really is a word. I'm fine with people saying 'ain't' |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
Found this for you.
What is the origin of ain't?
It is a contracted form of `are not.' It is also used for `am not' and `is not.' It was characteristic of working
class London speech (and now of rural American speech) and was also used at one time in upper class (posh)
British speech. It is recorded from 1778. It has also been used, since 1845, to mean `have not' and `has not.'  |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 38507
if people have a defination to it, its a word dang it!  |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:34:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19901
It's not like a conscious decision on my part to use the word. It's just natural and sometimes beneficial to use. I used to work with farmers, who mostly consider themselves just plain folks and they had more respect when they thought you were one off "them". Sometimes they might think you are talking down to them. |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:36:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19901
Thanks, Heckler. That's interesting. I enjoy learning about origins. This one kind of surprises me. |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 17560
Where I'm from, we say alot worse than "ain't"...LOL...  |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:41:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19901
LOL@ Tootsie Pie. Yeah. Here too. I don't use those words, though. *Rolls eyes* |
Date: 9/1/2001 7:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 31368
Ain't 1)informal am not 2) is not or are not, has not or have not, a dialectal or nonstandard usagage, although ain't is widely used informally by educated speakers, many people still frown on its use in fromal contexts. Ain't once was standard for am not, and a small number of educated speakers still prefer it to amn't or aren't in questions, (I'm right, ain't I?).... I got that from my trusty webster's dictionary. If they recongnize it as a word, I suppose it's a word. I always cringe when I hear myself say it because I know there is going to be someone like your boss who's says it's not a word, but now you and I have proof it is. ***Shelly***  |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:42:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19901
Shelly, he wasn't my boss. Just another worker and he lives on "the river" where the talk is a lot less formal than it is where I live. |
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Date: 9/1/2001 7:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 31368
lol, then tell him you AIN'T my boss, and I AIN'T gonna listen to nonna wathcha got to say. I have it when people make condescending remarks about my speech. I graduated high school with an excelled regents diploma and had a 4.0 average in college.But to hear me talk you would think I grew up with a group of sailors. But like you worked on a farm, I worked in a factory and it became habit, as not to sound condescending. Then you get that rightoues, snob that thinks they are better than you and need to correct you and I let them have it. My pet peeve is when people say "I seen it" rather than "I HAVE seen it" or "I SAW it." But I myself am guilty of this. You start talking like the people around you. I wouldn't worry about it. He's the one who feels the need to make others feel bad in order to make himself feel better. ***Shelly*** |
Date: 9/1/2001 8:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 7654
Well if your from the South it sure as heck is a word..And after all it is in the dictionary , so yeah ain't must be a word.See us country folks ain't to proper we keep our words real simple..Heck , it we talk so slow and if we were to use those long old words we would never finish a sentance..LOL..  |
Date: 9/1/2001 8:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 22288
"Ain't" ain't a word...Ha ha sorry, I just had to say it.I don't know.I never say it, but other people do.Who cares if it's not a word?!Say whatever you want!If I feel like saying Hooyabdoidscdh, who cares, eh?....lol Ok, ok, leave me out of this conversation, i am acting like an idiot... >>>  |
Date: 9/1/2001 8:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 11348
Well it is a word, but it's not a proper word and shouldn't be used when you need to make a good impression of yourself. It's like a slang word that I see nothing wrong with. I personally don't use that word though.  |
Date: 9/2/2001 5:14:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
My dad used to say "Ain't ain't a word cuz it's not in the dictionary"...well somewhere during the 70's it got put there and there went his argument! It's a word, just not the best grammar!  |
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Date: 9/2/2001 7:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 39524
i think its a word, especially now, cos isn`t D`OH (yup as used by homer) in the english dictionary now?.....Kud |
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Date: 9/2/2001 7:59:00 AM
From Authorid: 22288
Kud, are you serious?DOH is in the dictionary?LMAO, my God, I think I'm gonna' burst laughing!!Ha ha ha!! >>> |
Date: 9/2/2001 8:01:00 AM
From Authorid: 4144
aint is a redneck word. feel free to use it whenever you want!!  |
Date: 9/2/2001 9:17:00 AM
From Authorid: 35510
I think its just not proper english  |
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Date: 9/2/2001 9:53:00 AM
From Authorid: 39524
i`m not certain, but i heard it is or is going to be....Kud |
Date: 9/2/2001 10:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 31048
Well, I very rarely use the word "ain't" but I think it's a word! Americans use so much slang, but we can all understand each other, right? I always say "gonna" instead of "going to" and "wasup" instead of "what's up" and stuff like that, but everyone knows what I mean. Just like everyone knows what "ain't" means! I don't get why people have such a problem with "ain't" 'cause it's just like all the other slang words we use. Good post!  |
Date: 9/2/2001 2:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 39887
It is certainly in my vocabulary! BUSYBEE  |
Date: 9/4/2001 2:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 30807
Yes ain't is a word. It is in the dictionary. It is a slang word for isn't. It is southern slang. Chelle1  |
Date: 9/4/2001 5:12:00 PM
From Authorid: 27118
Ain't is a word. It is in a dictionary somewhere cuz I remember when it happened. Everyone was all in an uproar about ain't being put in the dictionary. It does say that it is nonstandard though. But still, it's in the dictionary.  |
Date: 10/1/2001 11:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 43185
i think it does depend on what part of the country you live in as to whether or not it is acceptable.so, were you live with all us "hicks" i think its okay. oh yeah, tell that guy he ain't your boss!  vixi  |
