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Thread #127788 Message #2856712
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
05-Mar-10 - 09:05 AM
Thread Name: Poor grammar in lyrics
Subject: RE: Poor grammar in lyrics
""Nobody in the UK would say , "Of course I love you ,I'm your mum ,am I not?" "
They certainly WOULD say that. But more often, they'd say "aren't I?". Even though, strictly speaking, it's not correct.""
True Sue, or even ain't I?
Amn't is a term I have heard, but rarely, and only in a very few dialects.
But then I'm a Southerner, so everything I say is suspect, north of Birmingham.
Don T.