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From: nap@druxo.UUCP (Parsons)
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Subject: Re: Gender-Specific Pronouns (and "ain't")
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 10:45:45 EST
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< I actually use "Aren't I?".  I only use "Am I not?" when I want to
< sound pompous.
< -- 
< Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam

We could try the construction my two-year-old developed (quite logically,
if not *properly*)--amn't I.  :-)

Nancy Parsons
AT&T ISL
Denver, CO
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