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- phrase Ireland, Scotland Contraction of
am not .
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Examples
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December 16, 2009 3: 25 AM amn't is an old form of english.
amn’t 2009
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But who am I to talk, amn't I on the same road now myself?
I A Dog 2010
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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
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Each of my three children used the contraction "amn't".
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Fowler prescribed "a'n't" and not "amn't", for the reason of euphony you gave.
On aren't I DC 2009
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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
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It should be noted that it is not used in the form 'I amn't cold.'
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Rather, it is used properly in 'I am drawing well amn't I?
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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
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I wouldn't consider amn't any more colloquial than other -n't contractions.
On aren't I DC 2009
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December 29, 2010