Language Arts 101

[RealMoneyIssues]

were and we're

While we're on it

its and it's

your and you're

were and we're

 

[jpcavin]

ain't - as in "I ain't yo' momma." :nuts:

 

[jpcavin]

While we're on it

its and it's

your and you're

were and we're

Say it ain't so, Willis! :laugh:

 

[PessOptimist]

Words ending in "n't" are contractions of a word followed by not (e.g. is not, isn't). What is ain't?

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

Words ending in "n't" are contractions of a word followed by not (e.g. is not, isn"t). What is ain't?

T'ain't nothin but a thang!:blink:

 

[jpcavin]

What is ain't?

You tell me. Ain't isn't a word. You misunderstood my post.

 

[James48843]

On line / in line

as in "He was standing on line for the Customs and Immigration Inspector".



It's an Eastern dialect thing.

I am a mid-westerner who says "in line", and "on-line" bothers me every time I hear it.

"on-line" is ok for the internet, but I abhore it for standing and waiting for your turn.

Not to mention immigrate/ emigrate (to arrive into a country / to leave a country behind)

 

[Buster]

Insure ---Ensure

 

[Buster]

Course, there's this word... TWITTER



PM me if you want to see the origin.

 

[jpcavin]

Insure ---Ensure

and assure

 

[James48843]

Course, there's this word... TWITTER



PM me if you want to see the origin.

Oh Lord- you have me envisioning that already! Not on a government computer!!!

 

[jpcavin]

Course, there's this word... TWITTER

PM me if you want to see the origin.

You're a sicko!
TWEET - PM me if you want to know the definition :laugh:

 

[Buster]

You're a sicko!
TWEET - PM me is you want to know the definition :laugh:

Happy to see I'm not the only perv...

 

[PessOptimist]

You tell me. Ain't isn't a word. You misunderstood my post.

Didn't misunderstand at all. Just wondering what ai not might mean or where it came from. Could wicki it and find out more than i ever wanted to hear here. Now there's another good one. "wicki".:cheesy:

 

[RealMoneyIssues]

Oh Lord- you have me envisioning that already! Not on a government computer!!!

Make sure you're at home... Or don't ask for the PM...

 

[jpcavin]

Didn't misunderstand at all. Just wondering what ai not might mean or where it came from. Could wicki it and find out more than i ever wanted to hear here. Now there's another good one. "wicki".:cheesy:

Short version.....
Originated in 1770-1780 as a variant of amn't (contraction for am not). Substitute for am I not and aren't I. Common in uneducated speech as a substitute for am not, is not, are not. Educated people seem to be using it with more frequency. I don't use it.

 

[PessOptimist]

I always knew that expression as an acronym for Travelling Wave Tube, a cylindrical device used to excite electrons.

 

[grandma]

Didn't misunderstand at all. Just wondering what ai not might mean or where it came from.

Is `ai' not part & parcel of that fine Scottish dialect that came with the early Appalacian & Kentucky settlers that used the fine corn and the best of the hickory trees in that great mountainous state to make what some members of this informative board are partaking in to be eligible to do some mighty weird posting in PUI ?? :cheesy:

 

[PessOptimist]

Short version..... Educated people seem to be using it with more frequency. I don't use it.

You amn't edumacated?

I think the reason I don't use it is the constant correction I received both at home and school. It's usage was not that common where I grew up.

Time to segue back to the topic? I ain't got no Segway.:nuts:

 

[PessOptimist]

Is `ai' not part & parcel of that fine Scottish dialect that came with the early Appalacian & Kentucky settlers that used the fine corn and the best of the hickory trees in that great mountainous state to make what some members of this informative board are partaking in to be eligible to do some mighty weird posting in PUI ?? :cheesy:

Ai, grannie, there canna be no doobt.