The fact that it's a back-formation has nothing to do with your original statement that it was not a word.

 

As for uncouth being a word longer than couth. Okay, but uncouth comes from uncuth which comes from cuth, the Middle English term for 'known'. I hope you're not suggesting that couth is somehow invalid because it disappeared from the English language for awhile.

Ain't it said that you can't say that ain't ain't a word anymore?

The odd thing about ain't is that it came out at around the same time as won't and don't. Personally, I think there was an anti-ain't conspiracy in the 17 hundreds that drove the word underground.

 

But ain't is a ninja. Ain't survives. Ain't has sprung back up in the light of a new millennium and shall now run free like the bufflo!

Except it's legal to raise buffalo for slaughter these days.

 

I've been to a place that only serves buffalo.

 

Thank you for flying tangental airlines. Death, or cake?

 

I'll have the donuts.

Buffalo are tasty creatures.

We're out of the cake.

Well, do you have any chicken?

 

I've had buffalo. It's pretty tasty. Ergo, ain't is tasty.

 

Ha! I take your tangent and make it significant.

Damn you all! I can't get the trees right! I will kill everybody!

 

By the way, did we scare the new guy off?

Sadly, he might have left. Can I have his donuts?

No, he was supposed to bring donuts.

This thread has turned into a Monty Python skit.

This thread has turned into a Monty Python skit.

 

But it's only a flesh wound!

Hey, I was quoting Eddie Izzard.

Monty Python were british but they only crossdressed on occation. You have to catch the subtle points.

Oh, how cute... please don't go off-topic

 

Somebody lock this now please.

Ain't that brilliant?

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This thread is all over the place. Locking it down.

 

-Akari