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Re: Language - the 'a' word
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"Ballard, Terry Prof." <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:22:01 -0500
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You might start with "ain't." There are more than 350 occurrences of it in
Huck Finn, if you count the variations "tain't" and "hain't."

Terry Ballard
Quinnipiac University

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