I'll buy one from them, anyone who can say,
and misspells "ain't" in the process gets my business.
It's the unstated "we are in Thailand" that get's my vote of confidence.
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I'll buy one from them, anyone who can say,
and misspells "ain't" in the process gets my business.
Best go back to class, preferably with with a new and competent teacher. The etymology of "ain't" is as a contraction for "are not." It dates back to 1749.
ain't [ aynt ]
contraction
Definition:
a contraction of "am not," "is not," "are not," "have not," or "has not" ( nonstandard )
Word Usage:
Ain't is one of the most informal verb contractions in English, and its use in formal contexts may be criticized because it is associated with careless speech. It is, however, accepted in folk and popular song lyrics, show titles, direct quotations, and fictional dialogue. Otherwise ain't is best avoided, except as a deliberate rhetorical device and in allusive expressions such as You ain't seen nothing yet.
Not corrupted, but plastic, adaptable, changeable and almost unique in it's incredible ability to both borrow from other languages as well as facilely express new concepts. Have you ever thought why it's a "pig" in the barnyard yet "pork" on the table? Same with cow vs. beef. And what does that all have to do with 14 October 1066?Thanks...I had to look it up and this is what I found:
It is a good day when I learn something new...especially with English…what a corrupted language.
"almost unique in it's incredible ability to both borrow from other languages as well as facilely express new concepts."
Guess again ... I chose "facilely" because it too came over from Middle French.Hastings aside, I hate the use of facilely. Yeah, I know it's proper. It just don't sound right guv. Sounds like a clear case of using marmalade when jam would suffice. Which meaning of facile do you intend? Easily, effortlessly or eloquently? My guess is that you're only using the word to impress us with your Brobdingnagian vocabulary. :tongue2:
Guess again ... I chose "facilely" because it too came over from Middle French.
But I give you Duke William, and you give me that jailbird Villon?