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Havn't or haven't?

  • 13-08-2005 04:28PM
    #1
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,449 ✭✭✭✭


    This may be simple but which one is correct for the abbreviation of the phrase "have not"

    havn't

    or

    haven't


Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    haven't


  • #3
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    just think of the ' replacing an o,thats all.


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,449 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    I was thinking it was haven't, yet a lot of people spell it the other way - havn't - now I know that I'm right.

    Thanks guys.


  • #5
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    np,they probably do it on the net because a lot of people do.


  • #6
    Dublinsausage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Dublinsausage


    more cool 'havuntu" in Irish pronunciation . now try spelling Smith and pronouncing in the form it is spelt . in Irish which I prefer it should sound like Smitt. That's how we say it and thst's how we should spell it. It's our language in Ireland and we should murder it . I like to call a person a good cunnt , you could hardly call a person a bad cunnt could ya /


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  • #7
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    havuntuspeltrong


  • #8
    intbn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭intbn


    Old thread I know but I just googled both and it seems even thought it's the incorrect spelling, there's almost 10 and a half million results for havn't!

    Also, nearly three quarter's of a billion results for haven't


  • #9
    Condatis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Condatis


    Where that particular abbreviation is acceptable in speech, it is not good practice to use it writing unless you are writing dialogue.


  • #10
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Condatis wrote: »
    Where that particular abbreviation is acceptable in speech, it is not good practice to use it writing unless you are writing dialogue.
    I disagree. I write a great deal in an informal style, and contractions fit very well into such a style - don't they?


  • #11
    Condatis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Condatis


    Perhaps! Though some can appear more cumbersome than others – the written word has an aesthetic as well as a literal impact.


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