You're right, Piotr..but the "ain't" is broader, and still very much in use.
Even if it began as simply "have not"; it is used as:
have not (I ain't been watching.)
will not (I ain't!)
am not (I ain't going.)
I'm trying to come up with a "do not" : Cain't. "Ain't care" doesn't work,
you must add -ing, = Am not caring, or Ain't a care (have not) ..No "do
not' anywhere :-)
Slàinte mhath;
Rex H. McTyeire
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O-:From: Piotr Gasiorowski [mailto:
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O-:Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:52
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O-:Subject: Odp: [tied] English.
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O-:What we have ('ve got) here is just good old "have got" with the
O-:auxiliary
O-:effaced, which happens often enough in "extreme" English
O-:dialects ("We gotta
O-:go", "She gonna try", "He mad"). In "Ain't got narun", I suppose ain't <
O-:ha'e-n't < have not ("I haven't got never-a-one"). No
O-:"do"-support, as far
O-:as I can see.
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O-:Piotr
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O-:From: Rex H. McTyeire <
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O-:Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:15 PM
O-:Subject: RE: [tied] English.
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O-:> The most common deep southern US corruption is not : "Do you got.."
O-:> The "do" would still bring the "have" ...but drop the do..and its fair
O-:game
O-:> in limited application; such as:
O-:>
O-:> You got this?
O-:> You got it?
O-:> You got this one?
O-:> Y'all got it now ?
O-:> Got time for a beer? (Yes, I've got time for one.)
O-:> You got enough cash on you?
O-:>
O-:> It would be considered unacceptable ( I have heard it, though,
O-:rarely) to
O-:> use Sergei's:
O-:>
O-:> "Do you got a car?"
O-:>
O-:> .....But acceptable short form informal to ask:
O-:>
O-:> "You got a car?"
O-:>
O-:> Similarly, not: "I got a car" , but "I've got a car"
O-:>
O-:> Extreme 'country' usage, not heard since my youth, sometimes
O-:incorporated
O-:> the "do":
O-:>
O-:> "Ain't got nar'un"
O-:> as short for "I do not got nary a one"
O-:> instead of "I don't have any(one) ."
O-:>
O-:> Slàinte mhath;
O-:> Rex H. McTyeire
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