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.

'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