'Tis indeed. 'Twas ever thus. 'Twill always be. 'Twouldn't be the same if 'tweren't. 'Twon't change. Where would we be without contractions? Nowhere; that's where. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <twerppy@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > Shan't is a contraction of shall not.? Right, Richard?? Connie

Ah....Mr. Reed...tis a pleasure to be "somewhere" while you'st talk about the hows of nowhere! Thank you! Sheila in WV Down here in WV....most say "we ain't nowhere! --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

Jean, Just read your post about leaving Tuesday to teach English in the Ukraine. PLEASE tell me more about your adventures in teaching our complex, English language, and about your former travels. Are you a teacher? I would just love to know more about your experiences. And Herr Richard Reed...you continue to amaze me with the depth of your knowledge about so many different issues. I truly enjoy reading your messages!!! I am keeping notes about the many, wonderful teachings you offer to us as pearls of wisdom on my garland of ignorance. Has anyone heard from Anna? I do hope that they are o.k. in their family, and that they will be back with us sooner...than later! Your WV friend, Sheila --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.

Shan't is a contraction of shall not.? Right, Richard?? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 4:34 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I No you shan't. Oooooo, now there's one I haven't heard since I don't remember when!!! How does one spell shan't? Is that the correct spelling, and is it a real word? I know friends and I have used it sometime in our lives. It was around the time we used those parent-dreaded questions, "Ain't not?" , "Ain't that right?" and "You know?" :o) "are I" sounds like a pirate, don't you know :o) or is it "I are" they say :o) I aren't going to say another word, because I are being very silly right now :o) Hmmm, maybe I'll run it passed the kids tomorrow, when they come for their get-together. I'll just say, "Well, now, I are going to heat up the food; I aren't going to be gone long." See what they say. I'll try to keep a straight face, but don't know that I will be able to :o) Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Well then, Lynn, I take it I didn't convert you. I'd bet I didn't convince anyone. Well I aren't going to stew about it, are I. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Karen says, "I'm glad to see others of the same mind". "Others"? So far, there are just you and me. Yes, I said ME. I once had a fellow tell me, very condescendingly, that "me" is vulgar English. Failing to grasp the opportunity; I later realized that I should have replied, "You're tellng I". I am sure that, when your grandfather referred to his activities during inclement weather as "tinkering", he may have been engaging in self-deprecating humor. My American Heritage dictionary defines tinkering as "To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively: fool, mess, meddle, tamper, fiddle". That seems a little narrow-minded to me. I regard a tinkerer, not a tinker, as someone who has an inquiring mind and the dexterity to inquire into the operation of things with which he has very little familiarity. I used to be my wife's repairman. I once disassembled her leaking dishwasher and found two badly worn washers. The washers were not available except in two very expensive kits (one washer in each kit). I went home and reassembled the dishwasher, making sure everything was screwed down tightly. That dishwasher worked fine for three more years. That's tinkering. I'm sure that your grandfather tinkered to the same purpose and effect. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <gfeisel@greenapple.com> To: <PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Aren't I? (?????) >I just had to comment that I got such a tickle, reading about the "Aren't" >grammar. My mother used to drill me on that until she was blue in the >face, so, of course, it has been part of my grammar since childhood. But >just as I thought in my little-girl head so long ago, that it didn't make >any sense at all, I'm glad to see others of the same mind. > > Now, just to make things interesting, one of my grandfather's oft-used > terms - he farmed his entire life - was "tinkering." I have copies of all > his daily journals, from 1890 until 1955, the year he died, and it's > amazing how many days, when it was raining or snowing and he couldn't be > out working in the fields or other farm work, he reported that he > "tinkered" that day. I later on learned that his definition of tinkering > was doing whatever came to mind, usually out in his workshop or barn. > > Karen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

WOW!!!!! Have a wonderful trip, and I'm sure you will be an inspiration to many!!! Such excitment! :o) Lynn Jean wrote: I'll be leaving on Tuesday to teach English in Ukraine... it is fun, but can be a complicated language!!

Talk about the inconsistencies in the English language... try teaching English to nationals in other countries!! Then you quickly realize what a confusing language we speak!! I've taught ESL for many years and STILL find more inconsistencies from time to time... And then try adding all the differences between British English and 'American' (which is what we speak, according to the Brits!! NOT English!!) I'll be leaving on Tuesday to teach English in Ukraine... it is fun, but can be a complicated language!! Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Emlin Reed" <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > Shan't is a contraction of shall not; it should properly be spelled as > sha'n't. As easily can be seen, the two ls and the o are dropped. Why not > shalln't? Even so, it is closer to the root words than won't, which is a > contraction for will not; and which, following the same rule as shan't, > should be spelled win't. "Eat your spinach"! "No, I will not"! "No, I > willn't"! "No, I win't"! The English language appears to be lacking in > consistency. > Emerson once referred to foolish consistency as the hobgoblin of little > minds. He didn't say when consistency stops being sensible and becomes > foolish. > We have rules; and we have exceptions that TEST (not prove) the rule. I > don't see how this applies to rules of grammar. Suffice it to say that > "English" is rife with inconsistencies and may be said to be the richer > for > it. Although why saying "aren't I" instead of "amn't I" makes for a richer > language; I can't say. > > Richard Emlin Reed > Wesley Chapel, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > > >> No you shan't. Oooooo, now there's one I haven't heard since I don't >> remember when!!! How does one spell shan't? Is that the correct >> spelling, and is it a real word? I know friends and I have used it >> sometime in our lives. It was around the time we used those >> parent-dreaded questions, "Ain't not?" , "Ain't that right?" and "You >> know?" :o) >> "are I" sounds like a pirate, don't you know :o) or is it "I are" they >> say :o) >> I aren't going to say another word, because I are being very silly right >> now :o) >> Hmmm, maybe I'll run it passed the kids tomorrow, when they come for >> their >> get-together. I'll just say, "Well, now, I are going to heat up the >> food; >> I aren't going to be gone long." See what they say. I'll try to keep a >> straight face, but don't know that I will be able to :o) >> Lynn >> >> Richard Emlin Reed wrote: >> Well then, Lynn, I take it I didn't convert you. I'd bet I didn't >> convince >> anyone. Well I aren't going to stew about it, are I. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Richard, Having your posts to read is almost like my PopPop being here again speaking in his PA-Dutch way! Guten Tag! Jerilyn

Shan't is a contraction of shall not; it should properly be spelled as sha'n't. As easily can be seen, the two ls and the o are dropped. Why not shalln't? Even so, it is closer to the root words than won't, which is a contraction for will not; and which, following the same rule as shan't, should be spelled win't. "Eat your spinach"! "No, I will not"! "No, I willn't"! "No, I win't"! The English language appears to be lacking in consistency. Emerson once referred to foolish consistency as the hobgoblin of little minds. He didn't say when consistency stops being sensible and becomes foolish. We have rules; and we have exceptions that TEST (not prove) the rule. I don't see how this applies to rules of grammar. Suffice it to say that "English" is rife with inconsistencies and may be said to be the richer for it. Although why saying "aren't I" instead of "amn't I" makes for a richer language; I can't say. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > No you shan't. Oooooo, now there's one I haven't heard since I don't > remember when!!! How does one spell shan't? Is that the correct > spelling, and is it a real word? I know friends and I have used it > sometime in our lives. It was around the time we used those > parent-dreaded questions, "Ain't not?" , "Ain't that right?" and "You > know?" :o) > "are I" sounds like a pirate, don't you know :o) or is it "I are" they > say :o) > I aren't going to say another word, because I are being very silly right > now :o) > Hmmm, maybe I'll run it passed the kids tomorrow, when they come for their > get-together. I'll just say, "Well, now, I are going to heat up the food; > I aren't going to be gone long." See what they say. I'll try to keep a > straight face, but don't know that I will be able to :o) > Lynn > > Richard Emlin Reed wrote: > Well then, Lynn, I take it I didn't convert you. I'd bet I didn't convince > anyone. Well I aren't going to stew about it, are I. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No you shan't. Oooooo, now there's one I haven't heard since I don't remember when!!! How does one spell shan't? Is that the correct spelling, and is it a real word? I know friends and I have used it sometime in our lives. It was around the time we used those parent-dreaded questions, "Ain't not?" , "Ain't that right?" and "You know?" :o) "are I" sounds like a pirate, don't you know :o) or is it "I are" they say :o) I aren't going to say another word, because I are being very silly right now :o) Hmmm, maybe I'll run it passed the kids tomorrow, when they come for their get-together. I'll just say, "Well, now, I are going to heat up the food; I aren't going to be gone long." See what they say. I'll try to keep a straight face, but don't know that I will be able to :o) Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Well then, Lynn, I take it I didn't convert you. I'd bet I didn't convince anyone. Well I aren't going to stew about it, are I.

Well then, Lynn, I take it I didn't convert you. I'd bet I didn't convince anyone. Well I aren't going to stew about it, are I. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > I'll think of you and smile, maybe even chuckle :o) Then let everyone > else wonder what I'm thinking :o) and, I'll probably be surprised to > realize how many times I use "I am, aren't I" during the day :O) > Thanks, Richard! > Lynn > > Richard Emlin Reed wrote: > Well, thank you, Lynn; and the next time you say, "Yes, I am, aren't I"; > think of me. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just had to comment that I got such a tickle, reading about the "Aren't" grammar. My mother used to drill me on that until she was blue in the face, so, of course, it has been part of my grammar since childhood. But just as I thought in my little-girl head so long ago, that it didn't make any sense at all, I'm glad to see others of the same mind. Now, just to make things interesting, one of my grandfather's oft-used terms - he farmed his entire life - was "tinkering." I have copies of all his daily journals, from 1890 until 1955, the year he died, and it's amazing how many days, when it was raining or snowing and he couldn't be out working in the fields or other farm work, he reported that he "tinkered" that day. I later on learned that his definition of tinkering was doing whatever came to mind, usually out in his workshop or barn. Karen

I'll think of you and smile, maybe even chuckle :o) Then let everyone else wonder what I'm thinking :o) and, I'll probably be surprised to realize how many times I use "I am, aren't I" during the day :O) Thanks, Richard! Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Well, thank you, Lynn; and the next time you say, "Yes, I am, aren't I"; think of me.

For the bottles of the vitamins. I have showed the brochure to friends and they are interested but it doesn't say how much anything is. Becky twerppy@aol.com wrote: What prices are you referring to?? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Becky Sanning To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 8:05 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] where to next? Yes. Everyone has been asking about prices? Can you let me know about those? Becky twerppy@aol.com wrote: That is the one I sent to you, right?? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Becky Sanning To: PADUTCH-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 2:45 pm Subject: [PD-LIFE] where to next? I finished the book today. "Beyond Their Years". Who gets it next? Becky --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

Well, thank you, Lynn; and the next time you say, "Yes, I am, aren't I"; think of me. Richard Emlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > Ditto, Richard Emlin Reed!!!! Got a kick out of your "I amn't" > figuring!!! It took me like a Wirbelwind !!! > :o) > Lynn > > Sheila wrote to Richard Emlin Reed's words of wisdom: > Gut Ebening Herr Reed...(forgive my German, it is very limited, but I am > trying) > I amn't wasting my time reading your words of wisdom!! Thanks so much > for your twist on words that has brought a smile to my face this Friday > evening. I am here alone with my doggies, and just doing some genealogy > posting. Your post was a refreshing pause in myn't day! > > I admire the "workings of your mind", and your wonderful expertise in > so many areas. I see that your mind is certainly keen and "with it" in > lots of different categories!

Guten Abend in German, gooter ovet in PA-D, Frau Klein (Kline homonymically, Little translated to English). My goal is to amuse you; and your smile is my reward. To have and love a pet is to banish loneliness. And, with this miraculous internet, friends are just minutes away. I'm glad my post was a refreshing pause in "yourn't" day. Thank you for your kind words. Dei deitshah Freind foon Florida Richard in Wesley Chapel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Kline" <sheilakline47@yahoo.com> To: <PaDutch-Life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] AMN'T I > Gut Ebening Herr Reed...(forgive my German, it is very limited, but I am > trying) > I amn't wasting my time reading your words of wisdom!! Thanks so much > for your twist on words that has brought a smile to my face this Friday > evening. I am here alone with my doggies, and just doing some genealogy > posting. Your post was a refreshing pause in myn't day! > Your fellow PaDutch, WV friend, > Sheila in Bluefield

Ditto, Richard Emlin Reed!!!! Got a kick out of your "I amn't" figuring!!! It took me like a Wirbelwind !!! :o) Lynn Sheila wrote to Richard Emlin Reed's words of wisdom: Gut Ebening Herr Reed...(forgive my German, it is very limited, but I am trying) I amn't wasting my time reading your words of wisdom!! Thanks so much for your twist on words that has brought a smile to my face this Friday evening. I am here alone with my doggies, and just doing some genealogy posting. Your post was a refreshing pause in myn't day! I admire the "workings of your mind", and your wonderful expertise in so many areas. I see that your mind is certainly keen and "with it" in lots of different categories!

He is third person , you is second person, I is first person. He is, you are, I am. Yes, he is, isn't he? Yes you are, aren't you? Yes I am, aren't I? AREN'T I? AREN'T I????? Give me one logical reason why you don't say, "Yes, I am, amn't I". And please don't tell me that there is no such word. Is he not? Isn't he? Are you not? Aren't you? Am I not? Amn't I? He is not. He's not. He isn't. You are not. You're not. You aren't. I am not. I'm not. I amn't. Isn't he wasting his time? Aren't you wasting your time? Amn't I wasting my time? Probably. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL

Gut Ebening Herr Reed...(forgive my German, it is very limited, but I am trying) I amn't wasting my time reading your words of wisdom!! Thanks so much for your twist on words that has brought a smile to my face this Friday evening. I am here alone with my doggies, and just doing some genealogy posting. Your post was a refreshing pause in myn't day! I admire the "workings of your mind", and your wonderful expertise in so many areas. I see that your mind is certainly keen and "with it" in lots of different categories! Your fellow PaDutch, WV friend, Sheila in Bluefield --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

What prices are you referring to?? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Becky Sanning <gooberspet@yahoo.com> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 8:05 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] where to next? Yes. Everyone has been asking about prices? Can you let me know about those? Becky twerppy@aol.com wrote: That is the one I sent to you, right?? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Becky Sanning To: PADUTCH-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 2:45 pm Subject: [PD-LIFE] where to next? I finished the book today. "Beyond Their Years". Who gets it next? Becky --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.