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Mabdel
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Hi all hope u re doing well just wanna ask what this sentence mean"I aint no fool"
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17 Mar 2010
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moravc
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I think it �s slang - I am not fool = I am not stupid.
aint = I am not
BTW there are double "negatives", but in this case it �s ok...
The speaker emphases - I am REALLY not THAT stupid. I am really not a fool. I am clever.
"aint no" is in many songs - Ain�t no Sunshine, Ain�t no Man, Ain�t no Mountain High Enough...
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17 Mar 2010
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Stepha
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Ain �t is slang for I am not, is not, are not, do not or does not. I ain �t no fool can mean: I am not dumb/ stupid/ crazy, I am not easy to deceive; amongst other possibilities.
Hope I made myself clear! |
17 Mar 2010
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lango
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Sound like Mr T from the A team.... I aint getting on no damn plane!!!
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17 Mar 2010
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lbhspatriot
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Hahah, I feel so old when I think I can remember the A Team! "First Name Mister, Middle Name Period, Last Name T?" but my favourite was always : "Quit Your Jibba Jabba" ... so I am not to create an off topic :)
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17 Mar 2010
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ohermann
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Ain�t is slang for I�m not, (he, she, it) isn�t, (we, you, they) aren�t, haven�t, hasn�t. But I am not sure about don�t and doesn�t as Stepha wrote.  |
17 Mar 2010
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douglas
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a fool is a foolish person--someone who does dumb or stupid things. "Ain �t" is slang for is/are not. The double negative is often used in slang though it is grammatically wrong.
= I �m not a foolish person.
"I pity the fool." Mr. T |
17 Mar 2010
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