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Benedict Arnold

The word 'Ain't', are you for or against using it?

Posted - January 15, 2017
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  • I don't care for that word cos it sounds weird in my mouth... I have a few English words I feel that way about. It does not bother me when others use it though. 
      January 15, 2017 9:29 PM MST
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  • Being from the South, I hear and use it a lot. :)
      January 15, 2017 9:30 PM MST
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  • I don't mind hearing it :) it just doesn't work with my voice :) hard explain I guess :p 
      January 15, 2017 9:34 PM MST
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  • I do understand. :)
      January 15, 2017 9:37 PM MST
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  • Thank you :) some people don't.
      January 15, 2017 9:38 PM MST
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  • 283
    It depends on the situation. In a professional setting, don't use it. To make a point when in a more relaxed atmosphere, go for it. Say someone does something inappropriate, then saying "That ain't right." would be acceptable. Especially if you say it with a southern drawl. And I am from the south.
      January 15, 2017 9:37 PM MST
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  • Born and raised in Nashville. I use it the way you described. :)
      January 15, 2017 9:41 PM MST
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  • 10042
    Mostly against it, but I also use it for effect, as Gatorblu describes.
      January 15, 2017 9:49 PM MST
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  • I reckon it's a regional thing, like the word Y'all. :)
      January 15, 2017 9:50 PM MST
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  • Yessum.  Here in the south we tend to have our own type of vocabulary.  Both ain't and y'all are perfectly acceptable. 
      January 16, 2017 12:49 AM MST
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  • It's use was endemic in 18th century dialects, both British and North American (though you can see how one would follow the other). Nowt wrong with it. I use it as a reiteration, like f***. It adds texture.
      January 16, 2017 9:43 AM MST
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  • That's one way of looking at it that I never thought of. :)
      January 16, 2017 9:47 AM MST
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  • 5614
    I reserve artistic license in its use.
      January 15, 2017 9:52 PM MST
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  • That's the spirit. :)
      January 15, 2017 10:26 PM MST
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  • 2500
    You shouldn't oughta use the word "ain't". It's bad grammar.   
      January 15, 2017 10:00 PM MST
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  • So is don'tcha.....but I use that one as well. :)
      January 15, 2017 10:27 PM MST
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  • Ain't ain't just a southern thing.  

    I'm for it.  It should become an accepted word.   We've come to accept stupider ones.
      January 15, 2017 10:05 PM MST
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  • Yes, yes we have. It's been around and in use forever. :)
      January 15, 2017 10:28 PM MST
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  • If actual emoji's can find their way into the Oxford Dictionary...............Nuff said
      January 15, 2017 10:29 PM MST
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  • Very true. Odd words are being added all the time. 
      January 15, 2017 10:46 PM MST
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  • "Okay, I'm with you fellas."

      January 15, 2017 10:16 PM MST
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  • I don't want no Fop.
    I'ma Dapper Dan man, dammit!
      January 15, 2017 10:21 PM MST
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  • I can get Dapper Dan.  It'll take a couple of weeks.
      January 15, 2017 10:25 PM MST
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  • Well ain't this place a geographical oddity.  Two weeks from everywhere.
      January 15, 2017 10:28 PM MST
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