Why does ain't have an apostrophe in it?

It ain’t?

It is a form of “am not”. So “I am not doing that” can be “I ain’t doing that”.

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But it also is used as “isn’t” is used.

@EmpressPixie- Wouldn’t that be amn’t?

Only if you’re my 9 yr-old son!

It don’t?

I ain’t got no idea what ya’ll is talking ‘bout.

@EmpressPixie Is correct.

@Zen_Again is also correct

@peedub Is the correctest of them all. Thanks.

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@peedub is also correct.

@cprevite is also correct.
My favorite contraction is Main’t, for May Not.

@filmfann is the most correctious of us all, the king of correctivity. Now bow before the Mighty Corrector!

jaytkay is crafting the most correct response.

What a coincidence! My favorite movie is MANT!

and lol, peedub, you magnificent b’st’rd, you RULE!

I ask a serious question and all you guys do is make jokes. It’s enough to make a six year old cry.

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“Ain’t” is part of the emerging “modern English” that dispenses with needless and confusing complications like gender and number. It does double duty as a contraction for the phrases “is not” and “are not.”

Don’ wonder why ain’t has an apostrophe, instead wonder why it has a t. I ain’ got a clue ‘bout dat.

Thanks!

Well, “won’t” doesn’t mean “wo not”, but we say it anyway…

GOT IT!

Ain’t can mean “am not” or “is not”, therefore it is Am/Is Not, therefore it is AI not, or “ain’t”

Because, lets face it, you really only use it if you’re not sure if the sentence calls for an “am” or an “is”.

“Ain’t can also mean “are not”, but “aren’t” isn’t much harder to say than “ain’t”, soo…
@DominicX whilst willn’t is a lot of fun do say, it just doesn’t quite have the same effect as won’t.

An interesting read is about Appalachian English, which is a throwback to early colonial times. A lot of communities in the mountains were pretty untouched by outside influences for a long time, and there are areas where the dialect is very much as it was 250 years ago.

Ain’t I correct too, even if I have nuttin’ to contribute to the discussion? (I think my brain is fried from over-Flutheration!)

Yep, @janbb is the mostest correct.

mostest? that ain’t a word…