6 states siding against a supreme court decision to deny access to federal authorities seems big, if thats happened in my lifetime I've not heard of it before

  • Vampire [any]
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    10 months ago

    I've not

    Is this contraction a midwestern US thing? Or some other dialect?

    Most English dialects contract to "I haven't". Some parts of England do the "I've not" thing, but I rarely've heard Americans do it.

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Just anecdotally as an American in the South, Midwest or Great Plains (try and find me now FBI): In other circumstances you definitely can use I've in American English, like "I've been waiting," and "I've not" doesn't sound unnatural to me, just a little stuffy, but "I haven't" is for sure more common.

    • edge [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      We should all start using the clearly superior I'ven't.

      My favorite is contracting "you all are not" to "y'all'ren't" (rhymes with tolerant). There's also "y'all'dn't've", "you all (would|could|should) not have". No one intends to say those, but I think a US Southerner talking at a natural or fast pace might end up saying them.