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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

"Ain't" in its place.

Could the insistence on using "ain't" when speaking regulary to a group of Standard English speakers be seen as anti-social behaviour?
  

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Uh, maybe... not completely sure though. I'm thinking of something a little different, but I don't think I'm able to explain that very well.

— Kooyeen

  • Uh, maybe...
  • not completely sure though.
  • I'm thinking of something a little different, but I don't think I'm able to explain that very well.
  • I mean, "ain't" is too "standardized" to be odd, I think.
  • I was thinking of using something different, like "You been sleepin?
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Uh, maybe... not completely sure though. I'm thinking of something a little different, but I don't think I'm able to explain that very well. I mean, "ain't" is too "standardized" to be odd, I think. I was thinking of using something different, like "You been sleepin? Me be sleepin in me car, me car is ova desso." (Note: I really don't know that kind of English, so sorry for any mistakes)
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