OT: Hey Kibs; you ain't gonna believe this s***

[Zorro]

Not only did the Sox score 22 runs today, but Jackie Bradley Jr. (yes, THAT JB Jr) went 5 for 6, 3 doubles, 2 dingers and 7 rbi. I think that is more production than he had all last year! Maybe, after all, there is hope for the future in Beantown. (Maybe)

 

[BroadwayVa]

Not only did the Sox score 22 runs today, but Jackie Bradley Jr. (yes, THAT JB Jr) went 5 for 6, 3 doubles, 2 dingers and 7 rbi. I think that is more production than he had all last year! Maybe, after all, there is hope for the future in Beantown. (Maybe)

What Kib may not believe is the title. If it said: Kib you are not going to believe this!. (no attributive nouns were necessary) Maybe I should have asked Kibitzers approval first.

 

[Oldbones]

Not only did the Sox score 22 runs today, but Jackie Bradley Jr. (yes, THAT JB Jr) went 5 for 6, 3 doubles, 2 dingers and 7 rbi. I think that is more production than he had all last year! Maybe, after all, there is hope for the future in Beantown. (Maybe)

Yeah but did they win?

 

[Kibitzer]

Since Seattle scored 4 in the 8th and 4 more in the 9th, they could fall back on Vince Lombardi's explanation (exclamation?) after a Green Bay loss:

"We didn't lose! We just ran out of time!"
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As for the Red Sox, after settling solidly and disgracefully into last place - and with Ramirez, Pedroia, Buchholz, Castillo, and Uehara all out with ailments - they score 37 runs in 2 games. Go figure.

But bet the under tomorrow.

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[DaddyChoc]

ain't ain't a word, is it?

 

[Zorro]

Shore tis!

 

[Kibitzer]

ain't ain't a word, is it?

Credit Dizzy Dean (in the '30's, Depression era) for an authoritative answer to your question:

"A lot of people who don't say ain't, ain't eatin'." ​

 

[DobbsRover2]

Wow, I would say at least by the 1940s that "ain't" was established as standard English, from "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" to Bessie Smith singing "I Ain't Got Nobody" to "Ain't Misbehavin'" and later "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" and "Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More." To question the word's correctness just ain't right.

And how else can you describe the Red Sox chance for a halfway decent season except to say "Ain't happening"?

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Not only did the Sox score 22 runs today, but Jackie Bradley Jr. (yes, THAT JB Jr) went 5 for 6, 3 doubles, 2 dingers and 7 rbi. I think that is more production than he had all last year! Maybe, after all, there is hope for the future in Beantown. (Maybe)

Yes, JBJ, that famous Gamecock!

 

[Zorro]

I didn't know about his being a Gamecock, but I did watch him strike out last season just damn near every time he batted. Of all people to break the Sox all time record for extra-base hits in a game, he would have been the least likely.

 

[Kibitzer]

Wow, I would say at least by the 1940s that "ain't" was established as standard English, from "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" to Bessie Smith singing "I Ain't Got Nobody" to "Ain't Misbehavin'" and later "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" and "Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More." To question the word's correctness just ain't right.

And how else can you describe the Red Sox chance for a halfway decent season except to say "Ain't happening"?

"It Ain't Necessarily So!" from Porgy and Bess, by Gershwin.

 

[BroadwayVa]

ain't ain't a word, is it?

The Nun's at one time told us Ain't isn't in the Dictionary, but that is no longer true.
Ain't is in the dictionary and is a word--ain't that so??

 

[BroadwayVa]

The Nun's at one time told us Ain't isn't in the Dictionary, but that is no longer true.
Ain't is in the dictionary and is a word--ain't that so??

"It Ain't Necessarily So!" from Porgy and Bess, by Gershwin.

Ain't that true, cuz I was thinkin dats cuz those guys in the bible thunk it were ain't necessarily so!! My best Oxford American!
Gershwin was from the Bronx---Ain't is a contraction but a contraction of what--Are is not???

 

[BroadwayVa]

"It Ain't Necessarily So!" from Porgy and Bess, by Gershwin.

Question for you---which noun in the original title is an Attributive Noun??

 

[BroadwayVa]

Credit Dizzy Dean (in the '30's, Depression era) for an authoritative answer to your question:

"A lot of people who don't say ain't, ain't eatin'." ​

And some who don't say it are over eating. And many who went to Dizzy Dean's college of American language use starved--during that depression. Employers then preferred employees who presented a professional image while sweeping the streets.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I didn't know about his being a Gamecock, but I did watch him strike out last season just damn near every time he batted. Of all people to break the Sox all time record for extra-base hits in a game, he would have been the least likely.

Yes, he helped lead us to national championships in 2010 and 2011.

 

[meyers7]

Credit Dizzy Dean (in the '30's, Depression era) for an authoritative answer to your question:

"A lot of people who don't say ain't, ain't eatin'." ​

Ahem.

"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say 'isn't' and they ain't eating."

 

[meyers7]

--Ain't is a contraction but a contraction of what--Are is not???

am not, are not, is not, has not, have not.

Pretty versatile little bugger.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Ahem.

"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say 'isn't' and they ain't eating."

Ain't was not the objectionable word. Many missed that point it was the final word in the title with ******. It's not the English (I prefer American) that I objected to, even with asterisks I find that not nice.
Dis here guy done not grate in English cuz I was speaking American. By the way Bugger in English English has a different meaning.
I won't learn anyone baseball cuz I wasn't teached that, I was learned more gooder than that. And after Kibitzers former thread on Attributive Nouns --I was wondering if the final word of the title of this thread was an Attributive Noun--do you know??
I stopped larning college kids, if I ever did, a long time ago but it was not English ore even American.
I am not an English expert but I doubt the proper use of English is an impediment to a good income.

 

[meyers7]

I am not an English expert but I doubt the proper use of English is an impediment to a good income.

There are many entertainers (music, sports) that would prove your statement.

 

[Zorro]

Ain't that true, cuz I was thinkin dats cuz those guys in the bible thunk it were ain't necessarily so!! My best Oxford American!
Gershwin was from the Bronx---Ain't is a contraction but a contraction of what--Are is not???

That is its advantage; it can be used to mean either, just as "they" has come to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "he" or "she". Not prescriptionally grammatical, but useful.