michelanCello wrote: sometimes I see it in the context of "I ain't got no whatever"
In this instance it means "haven't". It can mean either, we English-speakers are quite flexible with our slang
English is such a hard language :-)
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Dotsie » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:30 pm
In this instance it means "haven't". It can mean either, we English-speakers are quite flexible with our slang
What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Catch-up » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:42 pm
The girls and I just finished reading an awesome book called The Girl Who Could Fly. The main character had a southern accent and said "ain't" a lot. Apparently I did a good job on the voice because Thing 2 loved the way it sounded and now wants to use "ain't" in every sentence, which I find completely unacceptable. 
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Tonyblack » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:11 pm
I love the way Lyra in the His Dark Materials trilogy says "ent" instead of ain't. 
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by ChristianBecker » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:15 pm
Catch-up wrote:The girls and I just finished reading an awesome book called The Girl Who Could Fly. The main character had a southern accent and said "ain't" a lot. Apparently I did a good job on the voice because Thing 2 loved the way it sounded and now wants to use "ain't" in every sentence, which I find completely unacceptable.
Well, then tell her it ain't acceptable and that she ain't gunna get far if she speaks like that.
On with their heads! I'm the clown prince of fools
if you don't get the joke it's your loss
Love and laughter you see are the new currency
'cause greed's coinage is not worth a toss
if you don't get the joke it's your loss
Love and laughter you see are the new currency
'cause greed's coinage is not worth a toss
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by raptornx01 » Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:15 pm
Makes no never mind to me how people speak. its what they say that matters.
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Catch-up » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:26 pm
ChristianBecker wrote:Catch-up wrote:The girls and I just finished reading an awesome book called The Girl Who Could Fly. The main character had a southern accent and said "ain't" a lot. Apparently I did a good job on the voice because Thing 2 loved the way it sounded and now wants to use "ain't" in every sentence, which I find completely unacceptable.
Well, then tell her it ain't acceptable and that she ain't gunna get far if she speaks like that.
I'll try it! She likes to do the accent and everything. Actually, if I'd just kept quiet she would have probably lost interest. “It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by ChristianBecker » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:58 am
Ain't the word you're looking for "prolly"?
On with their heads! I'm the clown prince of fools
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Bouncy Castle » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:58 am
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
The rest of us are a bit crap.
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Re: English is such a hard language :-)
by Catch-up » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:49 pm
“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”
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