Why would a native speaker say this?

How is 'amn't' pronounced?

By the way, did you consider the possibility that the speaker was a mental retard? They frecuently make mistakes of that category.

<< Oh, didn't know about that. I thought "Am I not?" would be the (grammatically) correct way of saying it. Maybe both are OK? >>

"Am I not" would be the correct way to say it without a contraction, yes. "Are I not?" would be an error, though I can imagine somebody saying it if they're not careful.

<< How is 'amn't' pronounced? >>

This is what Merriam-Webster says: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/amn't

The first two pronunciations don't pronounce the "m" at all.

- Kef

That is interesting! I hadn't known that "amn't" could be pronounced as /A:nt/ or /{nt/.

I was actually told that "ain't" is a mutated form of "amn't" (amn't/ain't, aren't, isn't)

<<I was actually told that "ain't" is a mutated form of "amn't" (amn't/ain't, aren't, isn't) >>

That is the consensus theory on how the word "ain't" developed

Shouldn't it be or "I do the shopping, you do the cooking" or "I am shopping. You are cooking"?


Fagetabatit, yo!