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Definitions

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  • phrase Ireland, Scotland Contraction of am not.

Etymologies

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am +‎ -n’t

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Examples

  • December 16, 2009 3: 25 AM amn't is an old form of english.

    amn’t 2009

  • But who am I to talk, amn't I on the same road now myself?

    I A Dog 2010

  • We find both am I not and amn't I - the latter usage still the colloquial norm today in Irish English and some Scots.

    On aren't I DC 2009

  • Each of my three children used the contraction "amn't".

    Once I was a happy Pinkerite 2009

  • Fowler prescribed "a'n't" and not "amn't", for the reason of euphony you gave.

    On aren't I DC 2009

  • I was years out of university before I discovered that most non-Irish people don't say "amn't", and years more before I found any Irish people who don't.

    On aren't I DC 2009

  • It should be noted that it is not used in the form 'I amn't cold.'

    Once I was a happy Pinkerite 2009

  • Rather, it is used properly in 'I am drawing well amn't I?

    Once I was a happy Pinkerite 2009

  • We find both am I not and amn't I - the latter usage still the colloquial norm today in Irish English and some Scots.

    Archive 2009-07-01 DC 2009

  • I wouldn't consider amn't any more colloquial than other -n't contractions.

    On aren't I DC 2009

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