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On 12/06/2015 10:37 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Yea, I'm fine with "ain't" being considered an actual word. Years ago, I
> used to hear a lot of "'Ain't' isn't a real word", but meh, it's used as
> a word, even the people who don't like it still know full-well exactly
> what it means, so...I ain't got a big problem with it :)
>
> But there was one particular argument in favor of "ain't" that I never
> liked: "It's a contraction for 'are not'."
>
> Well, no, it isn't a contraction for "are not" (maybe it originally was,
> I dunno). Because "I ain't going" vs "I are not going." So no, it may be
> a word, but it ain't a contraction for "are not".

It is a contraction of "are not" because it originates from a 
time/dialect where the verb to-be was conjugated differently than 
today's English. Many of the irregularities of to-be are ignored in 
international English which gives rise to dialects among ESL speakers 
that sound wrong but endearing (at least to my ears).

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