anyone else bothered by "ain't" ??

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UPDATED: Thursday, October 24, 2002 23:23
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LIVINGIMPAIRED

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by Evans:
What we lose by not having vosotros or even Ustedes we gain by not having to genderize every frelling word. In fact, we often use the grammatically incorrect they so that we don't have to specify he or she ("Who was that on the phone?" "They didn't say").

m.

I'm not asking for a gender specific second person plural pronoun. Besides, "they" as a nuter third person singular is grammatically incorrect, as my English teachers have repeatidly reminded me over the years. Another flaut of English. There needs to be a nuter 3rd singluar that doesn't imply an inadimate object.

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LOONYTOON

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:48 PM

I maintain that grammaticly correct english can actually be harder to understand. American is a dialect of english, that has many of its own words and contractions. If you don`t like speaking american, you don`t have to. I always got bad grades on english papers, as I refused to wright dialogue the "proper" way, instead writing it like people actually talk. As for southern english being the most correct, my sister has a boyfriend from texas, and I have to ask him to repeat himself sometimes cuz of the "southern mumble", I can`t understand him!

DELSIE

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:20 PM

The usage of the word "ain't" on the show hasn't actually bothered me at all. To be completely honest, I hadn't really noticed it and most of the people that I know don't use "ain't" in regular conversation.

Maybe if I went back and rewatched the episodes I'd understand why people are complaining about the delievery, but it hasn't been that bad. At least not to my ears.

~Delsie.

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HAKEN

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:58 AM

Ain't bothered me none.

THEGN

Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:43 AM

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Originally posted by Haplo721:
Well, it's correct in the Orlando area anyway. So says my cousin who lived there for 2 years.

Your cousin's full of crap. I was born and raised in Alabama so I speak Southern English pretty damn well. I've also spent a lot of time in Orlando and lots of other parts of the South. There isn't a place in the entire South where southern bred people use that phrase in the singular. That's a Yankee misconception. One of many.

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ILOVEJAYNE

Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:43 PM

Y'all is always, ALWAYS plural! There is only one way I've thought of that might have caused the misunderstanding.

I ran into my aunt at the grocery store one day and asked, "How've y'all been doin'?" I wasn't asking about her alone, but about her daughters and their families, whom she talks to more than I. Now, if someone who wasn't familiar with Southern English heard the conversation, I can see where the mixup would come from. (I could see a lot of mixups from that conversation, actually.)

GUANTES

Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:23 PM

I like the useage and abuseage in Firefly.... there is nothing wrong with saying the odd contraction, otherwise you end up sounding mechanical and/or poncey.

They do make more than one comment about Simon sounding and acting posh or whatever, so its not really surprising that the others sound a bit more down and dirty....

Besides I like the interesting way that sentances are constructed, it can be so boring saying everything the same way. Messing with the grammer of the characters brings attention to what they are saying, I just love it.

Ohh and FYI I found 'reckon' on dictionary.com not sure if its official or nothing but its there.

reck·on Pronunciation Key (rkn)
v. reck·oned, reck·on·ing, reck·ons
v. tr.
1. To count or compute: reckon the cost. See Synonyms at calculate.
2. To consider as being; regard as. See Synonyms at consider.
3. Informal. To think or assume.

Also: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=ain%27t for more on "ain't"

Phil
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