Amn't I?

Meleftone · 05-03-2014 06:52AM

http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/amnt-i-glad-we-use-amnt-in-ireland/

stefan idiot jones · 05-03-2014 06:58AM

ScumLord wrote: »

I have a friend (in his 50's) that is a talker, I always laugh when he tells English people that Hiberno English is a more correct form of English than modern British English. He maintains that Hiberno English is a more true and unpolluted form of English and he's always so convincing that any English person he tells this to ends up agreeing with him.

I'm not sure if this is correct, but I remember hearing that the people of Inverness speak the clearest English dialect. Although they would obviously have an accent, they pronounce their words clearly and correctly. Ya ken?

Antar Bolaeisk · 05-03-2014 07:58AM

GizAGoOfYerGee wrote: »

Today, an American corrected me for saying "Amn't I?", as it is "bad English", apparently.

I pondered for a second and then told the American to feck off as "amn't" is in common usage in Ireland. Just as "Y'all" and "Ain't" are in use in America. And yes, I have heard this American saying "Y'all" before. Feckin' hypocrite!

Anyway, I'm right, amn't I? I know it should be "aren't", but from time to time, I say "amn't".

Does any one here say "amn't"? Maybe I'm just old.

And FECK the crisis. This is a very important issue!

'tain't right for him to be correcting your English.

I would tend towards 'am I not' over either.