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Old Thu Aug 23, 2007, 10:53am
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Where does the space go in "ain't"?

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apostrophe
n.
a mark (') used:
a) to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word or phrase (Ex.: o' for of, it's for it is)
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Romeo and Juliet (III, i, 94)

A plague o' both your houses!
Just a guess, but that usage probably pre-dates your school days.
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Old Thu Aug 23, 2007, 12:47pm
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Where does the space go in "ain't"?
After the M.
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Old Thu Aug 23, 2007, 01:27pm
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Oh my g'sh. Isn't th's a s'ball for'm? Can't you gu's go to the Engl'sh for'm and fig't th's out? I mean c'mon gyu's!
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