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English Etymology en I'm n't Contraction contr en rare nonstandard en I am not. en Life... Data Contractions--So what? rec.arts.startrek https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.startrek/c/MUkMtVcuCHs/m/7jys1y5aFyIJ 2022-06-13 Jul 19, 1991 I'mn't sure you can use a system like that. Some contractions aren't legal, and sometimes you do not use a contraction in order to emphasize what you are saying. Sometimes two contractions can be formed in a sentence, and you need to know which one to use. en Vladimir Korostelev Russian National Anthem soc.culture.russian https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.russian/c/gY8tA9WN3Kg/m/vRP8oeBvnfAJ 2022-06-13 Jan 3, 2001 Why people from Finland are so active in this forum? Finland isn't a part of Russia already for almost a hundred years! What they are doing here? I know no Russians who would be concerned about Finland and no groups where the Russians would give the suggestions to Finns (I'mn't even sure about the correct spelling of Fin in plural -- another evidence that I don't care about 'em). en robert I just invented the "double contraction"! misc.education.language.english https://groups.google.com/g/misc.education.language.english/c/a-ihi2HgKL4/m/70TuMk_ge1kJ 2022-06-13 Nov 16, 2002 Now that I think of it, could somebody check to see that I am indeed the inventor of double contractions? And although I'mn't (I am not) trying to claim all the glory for this, if there's a possibility for a triple contraction, I invented those as well (at least in theory). en Proginoskes JSH: Two proofs equals a lot of denial alt.math.undergrad https://groups.google.com/g/alt.math.undergrad/c/Oqhr7uYs7IM/m/4D0jctKv2acJ 2022-06-13 Dec 10, 2006 Just in case he removes that post, it was posted Sun, Dec 10, 2006, at 4:19 pm. Does anyone want to take any bets on whether Ullrich will still be teaching then? ((Later:)) I guess I'mn't the first one to ask that. en Athel Cornish-Bowden mayn't alt.usage.english https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english/c/GMxmqriSmeM/m/ITflos3f1csJ 2022-06-13 Aug 21, 2009 I seem to recall that this very question was discussed and answered on one of the linguistics blogs in the past couple of months. It may have been on Language Log, but I'mn't sure. I think the answer was that it arose as a shortened form of "amn't I". en double contractions