Do people actually say...

liah · 13-05-2009 08:22PM #1

..."amn't?"

I can't think of a time where I've heard it said in person. It's definitely an Irish thing, from what I know, I never heard it when I was in the UK and certainly not in North America.

I've seen it a lot in posts here, and it just looked so.. wrong, even though it technically makes sense. I can't envision someone using it.

So do people actually use this when speaking?

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 08:24PM

Yes.

13-05-2009 08:25PM

Yes

SoupyNorman · 13-05-2009 08:25PM

I would say no, let the debate commence.

Saibh · 13-05-2009 08:26PM

Zahra Helpless Sieve wrote: »

Yes.

Random wrote: »

Yes

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I would say no, let the debate commence.

2 yes -v- 1 no

You lose

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 08:27PM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I would say no, let the debate commence.

Ugh....I amn't in the mood.

Sharpshooter · 13-05-2009 08:27PM

I amn't sure tbh.

TheZohanS · 13-05-2009 08:27PM

A lot of people use it.

GhostInTheRuins · 13-05-2009 08:28PM

I know a 4 year old that says it.

13-05-2009 08:29PM

Are you one of these people whos generation speak with pseudo so-cal twangs?

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 08:29PM

TheZohan wrote: »

A lot of people use it.

The bad thing is when people misuse it, that's really amn't annoying.

13-05-2009 08:30PM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I amn't sure tbh.

Amn't I?

liah · 13-05-2009 08:30PM

Weird.

I wonder why it isn't used anywhere else.

Strange country, this. Why not just use "I'm not" like everyone else! :pac:

MissIT · 13-05-2009 08:30PM

Yes i have heard it being said.. actually i say it alot.

Michellenman · 13-05-2009 08:31PM

Sure amn't I using it right now?

It's definitely just an Irish thing. Never heard anyone from anywhere else say it. Unless you count the Chinese girl I worked with who learned to speak English here and picked up loads of colloquialisms ('Story bud?' 'Sure boss' etc) along the way.

I've never seen it written though. Firefox spellchecker doesn't recognise it and either does predictive text on my phone.

SoupyNorman · 13-05-2009 08:31PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Amn't I?

You Amn't? Amn't I appsoed to be getting Amped?

liah · 13-05-2009 08:31PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Are you one of these people whos generation speak with pseudo so-cal twangs?

Who, me?!

I'm from Canada.. I speak with a Canadian twang.

galwayrush · 13-05-2009 08:32PM

I just put feck in front of the word.:pac:

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 08:32PM

liah wrote: »

Why not just use "I'm not" like everyone else! :pac:

Because I think it's derived from "am not." As in "I amn't sure."

orestes · 13-05-2009 08:32PM

Yes, and anybody who does should be punched in the mouth, along with people who say things along the lines of "if you had of being over there you could of catching that", hopspital, chimley, a packet of crips and all other such affronts to proper speech.

phasers · 13-05-2009 08:33PM

liah wrote: »

Weird.

I wonder why it isn't used anywhere else.

Strange country, this. Why not just use "I'm not" like everyone else! :pac:

Ireland just likes to be awkward, we'll apostrophise our words in different places damn it!

SoupyNorman · 13-05-2009 08:34PM

liah wrote: »

Who, me?!

I'm from Canada.. I speak with a Canadian twang.

Im not your buddy Guy....

...Im not you Friend Buddy!

Michellenman · 13-05-2009 08:35PM

liah wrote: »

Weird.

I wonder why it isn't used anywhere else.

Strange country, this. Why not just use "I'm not" like everyone else! :pac:

It's not really used in the same context ad 'I'm not' though. L

I dunno how to explain it. It's like, amn't I' is more of a positive thing. When you say 'Amn't I going to do it', it means you actually are going to do it. whereas 'I'm not' would make the sentence mean the exact opposite...

GhostInTheRuins · 13-05-2009 08:35PM

liah wrote: »

Weird.

I wonder why it isn't used anywhere else.

Strange country, this. Why not just use "I'm not" like everyone else! :pac:

I could - I could not - I couldn't

I am - I am not - I amn't

I can see how it makes sense to those that use it though. My nanny always says 'willn't' eg: "I willn't be doing that"

13-05-2009 08:35PM

liah wrote: »

Who, me?!

I'm from Canada.. I speak with a Canadian twang.

Your forgiven so....but those Mullingar people are letting the side down.

Back in my day amn't was very midlands.

liah · 13-05-2009 08:35PM

Zahra Helpless Sieve wrote: »

Because I think it's derived from "am not." As in "I amn't sure."

Well yeah, obviously that's where it came from, I wasn't doubting the technicalities, but "I'm not" is the exact same thing, just curious as to why Ireland uses "I amn't" and everyone else uses "I'm not."

They both make sense I guess. Just unusual.

wudangclan · 13-05-2009 08:36PM

phasers wrote: »

Ireland just likes to be awkward, we'll apostrophise our words in different places damn it!

a bit like "mi'sel" as heard in dundalk

i mi'sel go (i might as well go) and sure why not.

liah · 13-05-2009 08:37PM

Michellenman wrote: »

It's not really used in the same context ad 'I'm not' though. L

I dunno how to explain it. It's like, amn't I' is more of a positive thing. When you say 'Amn't I going to do it', it means you actually are going to do it. whereas 'I'm not' would make the sentence mean the exact opposite...

Fair enough, but then it just makes for bad grammar, as you'd be saying "Am not I going to do it" when it should be "Am I not going to do it."

Elliemental · 13-05-2009 08:37PM

I know it sounds wierd, but a lot of Irish slang words sounds so wrong when I say them. I've been here ten years, but the Liverpudlian accent doesn't die easily.
So I wouldn't say 'amn't', it's just wrong.

Abi · 13-05-2009 08:38PM

I've had this misfortune of hearing it. I actually wince when I do.

phasers · 13-05-2009 08:38PM

orestes wrote: »

Yes, and anybody who does should be punched in the mouth, along with people who say things along the lines of "if you had of being over there you could of catching that", hopspital, chimley, a packet of crips and all other such affronts to proper speech.

I know people that say "Cousint"

what the hell is a cousint?

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