Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"

Posted By: SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-60.HIP.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: 2/3/2001 at 4:17 p.m.

In Response To: Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller" (Archer »–)ð)

: Yeah, it's a terrible slang word. I condone its use
: never. Does it actually have origins in the
: contraction of forgotten words?

Just "am not"--the 1st-person version of "aren't" and "isn't". It was entirely proper until its use disappeared in Britain, and the other English-speaking countries gradually followed suit.

--SiliconDream

Messages In This Thread

• "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
  Archer »–)ð (dial398.p.early.com) -- 2/2/2001 at 4:07 p.m.
  • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
    SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-111.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2001 at 5:15 p.m.
    • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
      Archer »–)ð (dial398.p.early.com) -- 2/2/2001 at 6:13 p.m.
      • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
        SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-83.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2001 at 10:54 p.m.
        • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
          Forrest of B.org (term1-20.vta.west.net) -- 2/2/2001 at 11:03 p.m.
          • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
            Archer »–)ð (dial090.p.early.com) -- 2/3/2001 at 8:59 a.m.
            • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
              SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-60.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/3/2001 at 4:17 p.m.
      • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
        Martel (dialup.212-140-70-132.tesco.net) -- 2/3/2001 at 2:26 p.m.
        • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
          Archer »–)ð (dial469.p.early.com) -- 2/3/2001 at 11:27 p.m.
          • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
            Forrest of B.org (term1-19.vta.west.net) -- 2/4/2001 at 12:28 a.m.
          • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
            Martel (dialup.62-172-87-187.tesco.net) -- 2/4/2001 at 7:53 a.m.
        • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
          DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 2/4/2001 at 9:44 a.m.
        • Re: "Leveler" versus "Leveller"
          David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 2/4/2001 at 10:51 a.m.

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