Post #1414700
2026-03-30 16:25 UTC
@stancarey my mother thought me to hate it and I've stuck with that ever since. But it just sounds wrong in a way that "aren't" "don't" and "doesn't" do not. I think it might be because it adds a short vowel before n't (although "doesn't" also does that.
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-03-30 16:34
@IanMoore3000 I hope you don't mind my saying that that's a subjective and inconsistent rationalization. It's a pity you were taught to dislike the word. Linguistically it's perfectly fine and is, if anything, more logical than "aren't" in its natural syntactic position – which is why children often produce it instinctively before being taught to avoid it (if they're not Irish or if their guardians/teachers have a thing against it)