Ain't actually is a word...it's just a colloquial word. It's definitely not a word one should use in writing (unless they're quoting diologue), but what's wrong with an occasional "ain't" or "y'all" in friendly casual speech? I usually write very formally, but when I talk I use my dialect- I have an accent and sometimes I say "y'all" and "ain't". Big deal! If it's friendly diologue between family and friends, why should a person have to talk the exact same way as they write? I've met plenty of intelligent people from the South and Midwest that talk informally and write formally. I could just as easily criticize Yankees for saying "like" all the time, and then they have the nerve to point fingers at "ain't" usage. C'mon! Elocution skills can definitely come in handy in certain situations, but overall, eloquence does not equal intelligence.
2007-01-07 15:43:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
You answered your own question really. The probleim is that it is a colloquialism that isn't shared even on a national level. The reason that one is receiving so much attention lies in the fact that it is so incredibly prevalent. Such slips in our language allows other words, most far less tasteful to slip in.
Aside from that, it has no basis in real words. Ain't is nothing more than a misconstrued contraction.
I don't personally have a problem with it, but there you go.
2007-01-07 15:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by uncletoon2005 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm from the Midwest, and I don't really have a problem with using "ain't" in friendly conversations, and I'll even use "y'all" on occasion too. I never use it writing, obviously, and can write quite formally if the situation calls for it. I'm not sure that there really is a stigma against either word, at least not that I know of--a lot of my friends use "ain't" quite often. One of my English teachers had a problem with it, though. She said something about it not being a word and that it wouldn't pay off to make a habit of using it if you planned on getting an executive-type job. I suppose that's a decent point, but I don' see any problem with using it in an infromal dialogue.
2007-01-07 15:56:17 · answer #2 · answered by AskerOfQuestions 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stigma is actually via international locations that have, or had socialist governments that have been enemies of the U.S. occasion United Soviet SOCIALIST Republic. i began out kindergarten in 1979, and for many of my existence i become taught that something having to do with the Russians become undesirable. i'm beneficial people who're older than me have been taught that greater beneficial than i become. additionally, the uncomplicated suggestions(nationalizing industries, government set wages, and so on) thoroughly takes administration of employer from the human beings and supplies it to the government. skill of the human beings, no longer government become between the main substantial suggestions this usa become per. It additionally would not help that socialism is synonomous with communism. I"m no longer asserting that it quite is the comparable factor as communism, yet in history socialism and communism have long previous hand in hand. the reality that a itemizing of socialist international places brings up names alongside with China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, and Venezuela does no longer help the sentiments of maximum human beings. in spite of each thing, if Cuba is a socialist usa, it is going to be quite super....considering that this style of superb form of Cubans look to need to return to the u . s .. i'm no longer attempting to assert that socialism is a undesirable factor, i'm in basic terms asserting those are the explanation why that's frowned upon interior the u . s ..
2016-12-12 06:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ain't" is actually a contraction, but its usually used incorrectly. It came from the contraction for "am not" which was originally "amn't" but "ain't" is obviously a lot easier to say, so eventually it transformed into that. That said, it's okay to say, "I ain't from around here," but not, "It ain't like that." That would be grammatically incorrect, just like saying, "She aren't from Utah."
2007-01-07 16:03:07 · answer #4 · answered by Jacob P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ain't is a non-vulgar attention getter. Used as such it is appropriate and very useful. And, I ain't gonna say no mo.
2007-01-07 20:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because teachers drilled into our brains, "ain't ain't a word so I ain't gonna say it" and now we must bleet it all like the sheep we are.
2007-01-07 16:08:52 · answer #6 · answered by Belie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There ain't any problem I see with that.
2007-01-07 15:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sterz 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok
2007-01-15 07:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by lee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋