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Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

It’s actually a contraction from old English or Scots and has been around since 1631. The hicks are using socialist words that aren’t theirs.

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totallynotarobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
*ain’t theirs

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- ilex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  You uncultured swine. Ain’t is a contraction of am not. Am only goes with I. I ain’t going to accept illiteracy.
  
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DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
(the South had a significant surge of Scottish immigrants)

(They’re a fuckin “liberal” monarchy.)

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