LL-L "Syntax" 2002.12.18 (12) [E]

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From: rossmay <rossmay at bellsouth.net>
Subject: LL-L "Syntax" 2002.12.18 (04) [E]

I went to my Oxford English Dictionary (which is supposed to be the ultimate
authority) and surprisingly it had very little to say about "ain't" except
that it was dialectical and means "am not" or "are not" and gives "a'nt" as
a variant spelling.   It gives about three literary usages (text) dating
back to the 1600's.  I was surprised that such a common word got such little
treatment, when a word such as "fix", gets about three full pages.
     Harlan Ross May, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

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