"the captain" wrote in message
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hey bud, "ain't" is not proper english. there could be children learning
english from this thread

the big C




Ain't's almost OK with the good folk at dictionary.com:

"Even educated and upper-class speakers see no substitute in folksy
expressions such as Say it ain't so and You ain't seen nothin' yet."

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ain%27t

Too bad the online version of the OED is a subscription service. I'm sure
they'd have even more to say about this fine colloquialism.

Frank Dresser