Hearing the word "ain't" makes me cringe, even when it's merely being referenced. Sorry, but c'est moi. Soooo, imagine my surprise when I heard it used repeatedly in the film "Lincoln" (preceding post), by none other than the scholarly Mr. President.
Here are research results from Grammarphobia, regarding the evolution of a word I always thought to be modern-day slang.
Please, please, say it isn't so.
