Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

From: bmscotttg
Message: 62827
Date: 2009-02-05

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

[...]

> Suppose 'ain't I' for 'aren't I' spread in English, some people might
> come up with *'amn't I'. [...]

No asterisk. <Amn't I> is found in some dialects, including, if I
remember correctly, Scottish English and Hiberno-English. I've also
heard it from young children.

Brian