What means "Ain't She Sweet" phrase in a title of The_Beatles' song (from "The Early Tapes Of The Beatles" album)?
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What means "Ain't She Sweet" phrase in a title of The_Beatles' song (from "The Early Tapes Of The Beatles" album)?
Ну разве она не мила?!
значит Ain't переводится "разве не"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
Thanks.
Приблизительно.Quote:
Originally Posted by Жэнтос
В общем случае ain't = am not или is not или have not, но возможны варианты.
Вообще лучше вот это почитать:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain’t
Или вот это:
http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/ain't
Thanks a lot
It means "isn't she sweet?" The word "ain't", while grammatically incorrect, makes this a rhetorcial question i.e. it's well understood that she is sweet.
And then "be not"="ben't" is also possible, though also grammatically incorrect, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by sperk
No, that's definately not possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Жэнтос
Although I have never seen "ben't" until now, back in the 1600s it was used:Quote:
Originally Posted by Жэнтос
The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories (1991) http://tiny.cc/sj7tc (also includes the history of "ain't" if you are interested)Quote:
During the Restoration period--after 1660--we begin to find the first printed evidence of several negative contractions . . . [s]everal of these contractions look unfamiliar now: ben't, an't, en't, han't--these have either been replaced by other, newer contractions or have simply gone out of use.
[quote=Ken Watts][quote="Жэнтос":325hbiz1]And then "be not"="ben't" is also possible, though also grammatically incorrect, isn't it?[/quote]Although I have never seen "ben't" until now, back in the 1600s it was used:
[quote]During the Restoration period--after 1660--we begin to find the first printed evidence of several negative contractions . . . [s]everal of these contractions look unfamiliar now: [i][color=red]ben't[/color], an't, en't, han't[/i]--these have either been replaced by other, newer contractions or have simply gone out of use.[/quote]The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories (1991) [url="http://tiny.cc/sj7tc"]http://tiny.cc/sj7tc[/url] (also includes the history of "ain't" if you are interested)[/quote:325hbiz1]
I think that "ben't" probably went out of usage due to the fact that most English speakers use the phrase "do not be" rather than "be not"
Example: "Be not sad" vs. "Do not be sad"
Just a guess though. :)