ne mozhno

[Sibelan Forrester]

My (Scottish) grandfather used to say "amn't I?" ("Amn't" would be used 
by people from Ireland, like his mother, but he did it as a joke; I 
believe "amn't" is the source of the widely used substandard "ain't.")

Native speakers can get away with usages and wordplay that will be taken 
as mistakes if non-native-speakers try them, even if they try them 
knowingly.

Sibelan Forrester


On 3/3/11 9:39 AM, Ashot Vardanyan wrote:
> It's as funny as the "l'zya" form used ironically or just as a joke for
> "mozhno". Of course, "ne mozhno" is not a standard, nor is "l'zya" at all. To
> me, sounds something like "mayn't" or even"mightn't" in English which sound
> terrible, don't they?
>
> Ashot Vardanyan
>

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