If U Seek Amy

Mon Mar 29 16:02:54 UTC 2010

Or "are not"  -> a'n't.  "mind you, you aren't he".

(But the lyrics are a bit repetitive, ain't they?)

Joel

At 3/29/2010 06:07 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>This was my sense as well. I also wanted to suggest puntuation
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>>so, mind, my Boy, see, you a'n't he
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>Or, shorter, "mind you, you ain't he".
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>VS-)
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>On 3/29/2010 4:43 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>_An't_ > _ain't_ : _can't_ > _cain't_, except that "an't" is extinct
>>and "can't" is standard in AmE.
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