Thread: Is it rude to use "ain't"?

Can I use it when I'm talking to elder persons?

I do not think it is rude but I would not say it because it sounds uneducated.

OK, thanks.
Does it sound uneducated when it's used in songs?

Some songs are intended to sound uneducated.
In what song have you heard it?

Ain't ain't a word so we ain't gonna use it.

Say, U2 "Ain't love the sweetest thing".
By the way, what about "wanna" and "..don't.. no more"?

Originally Posted by kwatts59

Some songs are intended to sound uneducated.
In what song have you heard it?

There are a lot of songs in which you can hear it. For an instance there is a song which title is "ain't nobody's business" may be you've heard it, haven't you?

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Ain't ain't a word so we ain't gonna use it.

there ain't no words I ain't gonna use!!!
(is it a right sentence?)

Ain't is not accepted for use in proper English. It is considered to be slang and used either by uneducated people who do not know better or in rare situations fpr emphasis.

I would not use the word in conversations at all. It just makes the speaker sound ignorant in my opinion.

Perhaps use in a song may be more acceptable depending on the artistic meaning of the lyrics.

Originally Posted by ancestry

I would not use the word in conversations at all. It just makes the speaker sound ignorant in my opinion.

Especially if you're a foreigner, it would just sound strange then.

sorry for "off-topic", but would you be so kind as to check some sentecses:
1. Why should you be searching for a job so eagerly?
2. I was fired because of sucking the project and I don't want to have to ask somebody for help. I don't want to be begger
1. I see, but could you please explain me why do you you think that they're going to hire you as a programmer?
2. Because there was a day when I told them there'd come a day when I would be the greatest programmer the world ever seen. And now I have!!!

thanks in advance!!

ancestry, thank you for your explanation.

Originally Posted by basurero

Originally Posted by ancestry

I would not use the word in conversations at all. It just makes the speaker sound ignorant in my opinion.

Especially if you're a foreigner, it would just sound strange then.

Oh I see what you mean.
Funny, but foreigners (everywhere) just love using slang

Originally Posted by Chuvak

sorry for "off-topic", but would you be so kind as to check some sentecses:
1. Why should you be searching for a job so eagerly?
2. I was fired because of sucking the project and I don't want to have to ask somebody for help. I don't want to be begger
1. I see, but could you please explain me why do you you think that they're going to hire you as a programmer?
2. Because there was a day when I told them there'd come a day when I would be the greatest programmer the world ever seen. And now I have!!!

thanks in advance!!

1. Why should you be searching for a job so eagerly? - Ok but sounds a bit akward without any context.

2. I was fired (because of sucking the project??) and I don't want to have to ask somebody for help. I don't want to be beggar - What do you mean by "sucking the project"?

1. I see, but could you please explain to me why you think that they're going to hire you as a programmer?

2. Because there was a day when I told them there'd come a day when I would be the greatest programmer the world has ever seen. And now I have!!! - Ok, but better not to use "there was a day" and "there'd come a day" in the same sentence. It makes it sound confusing.

I thought that if you suck smth, you make it worse, screw it up, spoil it. is it right?
"because of sucking the project" -> "because of spoiling the project" ???

Originally Posted by Ataklena

ancestry, thank you for your explanation.

Originally Posted by basurero

Originally Posted by ancestry

I would not use the word in conversations at all. It just makes the speaker sound ignorant in my opinion.

Especially if you're a foreigner, it would just sound strange then.

Oh I see what you mean.
Funny, but foreigners (everywhere) just love using slang

foreigners use slang words and abbreviations even frequently than natives do... I saw many times when foreigners wrote smth like "How a u?" or "do u now" in chat rooms, forums, ICQ

Originally Posted by Chuvak

I thought that if you suck smth, you make it worse, screw it up, spoil it. is it right?
"because of sucking the project" -> "because of spoiling the project" ???

No, no,no! That sounds bizarre! You're right, we do frequently use the word "suck(s)" but not like you used it. Usually we say:
<something> sucks! (example: Exams suck! The government sucks! Work sucks!) or just more vaguely we'll say "That sucks" or "Today sucked" or "He sucks."
In your example, we'd say "That project sucked" or "This project sucks." And it's not so much that you're "spoiling" something, but that it's either bad or unappealling.

Oh, I've got a song named "Du What U Du"!!

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Oh, I've got a song named "Du What U Du"!!

There will always be some "auththars"

They could distort "what" into "wot"...

Just remembered, there's also "hain't" thing. Short for "have not" or "has not".

Originally Posted by Rtyom

They could distort "what" into "wot"...

Just remembered, there's also "hain't" thing. Short for "have not" or "has not".

I've never seen hain't before.

One of the most horrible corruptions of English is the Pussycat Dolls song title "Stickwitu". I want to murder the person who thought of it for disrespecting Mohammed... I mean the English language.