Re: Back to the Future (was: I'm back, sort of)

Joe wrote:
> I'd spell [Int] as 'ain't', because I spell [En?] as 'ain't'.  No-one says
> [Ejnt], that's true, but I'd spell the various reduced forms the same.
>
> Incidentally, is the 'ai-' in 'ain't' come from French?  Just a thought...
Why would it be from French?  The explanation I've heard is that the
form _ain't_ was a result of a merger of _an't_ and _hain't_ (have not,
has not), hence forms like "I ain't been there"

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