Talk:amn't

Synonyms

I don't believe that aren't is a synonym of amn't. They apply to different pronouns.

"Aren't I?" means the same thing as "Amn't I?". ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 11:42, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Why Irish?

Why does the page say it's an Irish dialect?  This word can be heard just about anywhere, I think.  (I heard it a lot when I lived in Utah, but probably more so when I was a kid and in school.)  —  V-ball 19:12, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps this was intended as an indication that it is particularly common to the hiberno-english dialect? I am under the impression that in certain regions of America, it would be more common to say "ain't", and that in British English it is quite rare. Some sources such as Jeffrey L. Kallen's "Irish English Volume 2: The Republic of Ireland", Section 3.4 "Words and Morphems" makes the claim that this is a standard and common phrase in non-Northern Hiberno-English, while in other regions it is observed infrequently and generally considered poor grammar.

The current version of the page quotes the usage in famous literary works (Such as Ulysess) from Irish authors, the lack of the usage in literary works from outside the region of Ireland & Scotland would indicate that the phrase is a feature of the Hiberno-English and Scots-English dialects. 86.17.156.2 12:43, 2 December 2022 (UTC)