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Re: As Is

Posted: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 6:49 pm
by JR8
sundaymorningstaple wrote:I would have thought an exclamation point would have been more appropriate.
'Aint nobody' > 'isn't nobody', it's a double negative (where is one supposed to look amongst all of this grammatical shredding (swoon)? [oh dear, was that a split infinitive?] :o

Re: As Is

Posted: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 9:05 pm
by sundaymorningstaple
I'm not going to split hairs with a Brit over a black American style of speaking especially with the pure Americanism "Ain't". You are welcome to have it your way. Us Yanks will understand and forgive you. :lol: