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12 May 15 - 02:37 PM (#3708456) Subject: Cain't From: mayomick "I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line" Does anyone know if the slang "cain't" ,as used in Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons,is still used? It's presumably a mix between "can't" and "ain't". |
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12 May 15 - 02:48 PM (#3708460) Subject: RE: Cain't From: maeve Yes, it's still used in various Southern USA regional accents- simply a colloquial pronunciation and spelling of can't/ cannot. Maeve |
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12 May 15 - 02:58 PM (#3708462) Subject: RE: Cain't From: Richie Barbra Allen - As sung by Melvin Winkle, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 26, 1969. Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0835 VERSE 3: And when she went by his dying bed, She saw his pale lips quiverin'; And no better I'll ever be, If I cain't get Barbra Allen." Richie |
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12 May 15 - 02:59 PM (#3708463) Subject: RE: Cain't From: mayomick Thanks Maeve. |
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12 May 15 - 03:15 PM (#3708467) Subject: RE: Cain't From: michaelr I remember my stepson's (who was about 3 at the time, growing up in Georgia) plaintive cry, "Hailp! I cain't find my paints!" |
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12 May 15 - 03:16 PM (#3708468) Subject: RE: Cain't From: Lighter "Cain't" is the everyday pronunciation (more or less) for millions in the mountain South. |
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12 May 15 - 03:41 PM (#3708478) Subject: RE: Cain't From: GUEST,Wireharp Bless their hearts.... :) (My Carolina friends 'been teachig this Yankee to talk Southern) |
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13 May 15 - 05:48 AM (#3708620) Subject: RE: Cain't From: wysiwyg Also "Hain't." ~S~ |
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13 May 15 - 07:21 AM (#3708632) Subject: RE: Cain't From: Nigel Parsons South Wales valleys pronunciation of 'can' is 'cun'. Users still manage to pronounce 'can't' properly though! |