英语词汇ain’t的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ain’t
词源	ain’t. Ain’t, first recorded in 1706, began life in England as a contraction of “am not” (an’t). Once widely used among all classes and quite proper, it became socially unacceptable in the early 19th century, when people began to use it improperly as a contraction for “is not” and “are not” as well as “am not.” But “proper” or not, ain’t is still widely used wherever English is spoken.
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