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

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" ???

You can say, "you suck" or "the project sucks" but
"you are sucking the project" does not work, although I can guess what you mean. However you can say "you have blown the project"

Originally Posted by DDT

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" ???

You can say, "you suck" or "the project sucks" but
"you are sucking the project" does not work, although I can guess what you mean. However you can say "you have blown the project"

Or you can say "you screwed/f*cked up the project" or "this project is FUBAR." Those are more harsh variants, however.

Originally Posted by Chuvak

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

(Yes )

Bear in mind that "ain't" is the contraction of "am not". Therefore the only remotely correct usage is "I ain't _______." However, this has almost entirely fallen out of use in favor of "I'm not ________."

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" ???

ROFL!!!

Yes! Yes! Yes! There is a special situation you can use that very sentence! Imagine this: You work in a laboratory and your colleauge is working on some microbe project. You are bored and pretend to impersonate a vaccum-cleaner, so you start sucking dust off the furniture. Then you accidently suck your colleauges microbes and his whole project is gone! You would be fired with the text: "because of sucking the project"

What you were thinking of, was to suck AT the project (why didn't anyone mention this before?). Not necessarily that you spoil it, but you are no good whatsoever at it.

Once when I worked at the Boys' and Girls' Club as a lifeguard, a little girl was talking to me, and said something like "I ain't gonna do my homework tonight."

So I corrected her and said "you mean you AREN'T going to do your homework tonight?"

And she said, "Oh yeah! I aren't going to do my homework tonight."

Just a little anecdote...

Today, I tried to teach a few the grade 7 students in the class where I'm a student teacher how to say "Priviet". Most of them got it on the first try, but one of the newly arrived ESL students gave me a strange look and went "Privates?!" with a trilled 'r'.

They all loved that, of course.

Now they greet me with "Prrrrivates!" whenever they see me.

.....Good god, what have I done?

Originally Posted by Mockingbirdflyaway

Today, I tried to teach a few the grade 7 students in the class where I'm a student teacher how to say "Priviet". Most of them got it on the first try, but one of the newly arrived ESL students gave me a strange look and went "Privates?!" with a trilled 'r'.

They all loved that, of course.

Now they greet me with "Prrrrivates!" whenever they see me.

.....Good god, what have I done?

Now you must teach them goodbye. Тестиклз!

Originally Posted by Mockingbirdflyaway

Today, I tried to teach a few the grade 7 students in the class where I'm a student teacher how to say "Priviet". Most of them got it on the first try, but one of the newly arrived ESL students gave me a strange look and went "Privates?!" with a trilled 'r'.

They all loved that, of course.

Now they greet me with "Prrrrivates!" whenever they see me.

.....Good god, what have I done?

В этом случае стоит их научить говорить "Здгавствуйте". Уж это слово так не переврешь!!!

Saying ain't would result in a swift beating from my mother the English teacher. "hain't" is ain't with an accent.
Ataklena, "smth" is something I see from Russian speaking chatters. It annoys me to no end. Can U C wot I mn?

In short, learning English from the collected works of Mark Twain IS NOT a good idea. (ain't no good idea)

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Saying ain't would result in a swift beating from my mother the English teacher. "hain't" is ain't with an accent.
Ataklena, "smth" is something I see from Russian speaking chatters. It annoys me to no end. Can U C wot I mn?

In short, learning English from the collected works of Mark Twain IS NOT a good idea. (ain't no good idea)

I remember an funny story about "ain't" (I could make some grammar mistakes, so, if you see any mistakes, you may corect them )

A girl tell her female friend:
--Look, I ain't going to the party no-night, I'm having a headache.
--I see, but don't you remember what our English teacher told us? You should avoid using "ain't" You should say "I'm not going to the patry, He's not going to the patry they're not going to the patry". You got it?
--Ok, I did, but If no one is going to the party, what is the party for?

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Ataklena, "smth" is something I see from Russian speaking chatters. It annoys me to no end. Can U C wot I mn?

It's not me!! It's Chuvak who used it!
But I think I know the reason for using "smth" - it's one of the most popular words in any English-Russian dictionary

Originally Posted by capecoddah

In short, learning English from the collected works of Mark Twain IS NOT a good idea. (ain't no good idea)

(Sigh...)

Originally Posted by Chuvak

I remember a funny story about "ain't" (I could make some grammar mistakes, so, if you see any mistakes, you may correct them )

A girl tells her female friend:
--Look, I ain't going to the party tonight, I have a headache.
--I see, but don't you remember what our English teacher told us? You should avoid using "ain't" You should say "I'm not going to the party (typo probably), He's not going to the party they're not going to the patry". You got it?
--Ok, I do/I get it, but If no one is going to the party, what is the party for?

thank you
But the phrase "I don't appreciate it if you will correct my Russian" seems a little erroneous to me. Maybe, It should be "I won't appreciate it if you correct my Russian'???

That still sounds a little strange. I would say: "I don't appreciate you correcting my russian".

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Saying ain't would result in a swift beating from my mother the English teacher. "hain't" is ain't with an accent.
Ataklena, "smth" is something I see from Russian speaking chatters. It annoys me to no end. Can U C wot I mn?

In short, learning English from the collected works of Mark Twain IS NOT a good idea. (ain't no good idea)

Smth is a term they use in dictionaries to demonstrate proper grammatical usage. I think it's good enough for them to use as well...

Barm', pronounce 'smth' out loud to people who use it, they usually stop. Just dont try to do it when you have a cold and a moustache, you'll have to wash your face.

Ataklena, I know, bummer. I love Twain and have all his works, including a couple first printings. I've been to his boyhood home in Hannibal, MO and his adult home in Hartford, Connecticut. You might like these links:

http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Barm', pronounce 'smth' out loud to people who use it, they usually stop. Just dont try to do it when you have a cold and a moustache, you'll have to wash your face.

Pssh. You just wish you knew how to spell my name in short-form: Brml.

capecoddah, thanks for the links! The sites are really interesting.

Brml, smth -- looks like something written in hebrew

Originally Posted by Atkln

cpcddh, thnks fr th lnks! Th sts r rlly ntrstng.

Brml, smth -- lks lke smthng wrttn in hbrw

Так лучше!

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