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To be annoyed when DS says "amn't" in conversation?

85 replies

SpeckledLog · 07/10/2019 12:47

I know the dictionary probably lists it as a word but when he says it in conversation it gives me the feeling of fingernails on chalk.
Is this a nationwide trend now that we just have to get used to?

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tolerable · 07/10/2019 16:06

@PralineCookie ... i originally lived lanarkshire..now central scotland.

amicissimma · 07/10/2019 16:15

My grandmother (whose parents were Scots) would tell me off if I said 'aren't I'. It had to be 'amn't I'; she would say 'you don't say "I are"'.

Growing up (in London) I often heard 'outwith'.

MrsLem · 07/10/2019 17:11

Another Scot who uses it!

crosstalk · 07/10/2019 18:49

I use outwith. And somewhen for somewhere. I'll now add amn't I which is grammatical. A. because I'd like to keep these things in our language B. because I'm very affected.

JudefromJersey · 07/10/2019 19:16

I use it regularly, think it’s fairly common in Ireland.

Ohyesiam · 07/10/2019 19:19

It’s Irish, my mother’s side all said it.

TheSandman · 07/10/2019 19:26

Highlands here: My kids say they use it - though its more of a primary school / younger age thing.

What confused me for a while (I'm an Incomer) was my Scottish born kids saying 'jamp' as the past tense of jump.

"I jamp up and said..."

RopeBrick · 07/10/2019 19:31

I'm Irish, say it all the time. Typical bloody English - they say "aren't I", which is completely incorrect grammatically, but then scorn the Irish and Scottish for their correct use of language. FFS.

NearLifeExperience · 07/10/2019 19:42

An east coast Scot here (from Fife) and “amn’t” was perfectly normal and acceptable where I grew up. Indeed, as a PP said, it was quite ‘proper’ , compared to ”umnae” (or, in the second person, “urnae” 😄).

I also switch on the big light (as does my posh English DH) and have no idea how non Scots manage without outwith!

AhNowTed · 08/10/2019 15:24

Amn't - very common in Ireland

Although my favourite is "I do be"

Outwith is only used in Scotland.

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