由來與發展
ain't，它原本是美國南部一幫文盲、粗人（但非原住民）說的話，現在趨於普遍，並且已經收入到了各類詞典當中。最開始它是am not的縮寫，最初寫作amn't，後由於發音連讀問題（省去前一個輔音m，只發後一個輔音n），以訛傳訛的變成了ain't，顯然，這是由一個be動詞am和一個否定詞not組成的，所以原則上只適用於任何am not的縮寫情況。在英國,ain't一般只用工人階級,比如那些說倫敦方言,通常被認為是不正當的。中產階級和上流社會,與19世紀的英國,樂意使用在熟悉的演講和中上層階級的教育。
很少被發現在正式寫作中,它經常被使用在更多的非正式書面文字,例如流行歌曲的歌詞。
文學作品
查爾斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）在作品中使用ain't，如他1838年的小說《霧都孤兒》中寫道："...see what a pride they take in their profession, my dear. Ain't it beautiful?"例句
I ain't gonna watch the show later tonight. (I am not gonna watch the show later tonight.)She ain't my friend. (She is not my friend.)
you ain't to make it with anyone anyhow.
Ain't it funny? (Isn't it funny?)
Ain't I a Woman?
We figure in lively paint: Our attitude's queer and quaint—You're wrong if you think it ain't, Oh!
Say it ain't so, Joe!
You ain't heard nothing yet!
It Ain't Necessarily So.
Ain't even grey, but she burise her baby.
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be生活並非總如你所預期
例文
It's my lifeBon Jovi
This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
