Just because it appears in the definition doesn't bless it as standard English.Well, it's good enough to be labeled colloquial by the OED.
That's because it's covered in other threads - in Question tag, for example.
There is (are). The one my Scottish father used - "amn't I?", and the uneducated "ain't I?"
Interesting that you class your dad’s non-standard use as a regional variation and the other non-standard one as “uneducated”.
I've heard this much more often than "aren't I" and it's the one I use.
Why do you classify aint as uneducated?
I don't. I was referring specifically to "ain't I?" One has only to read novels written in the 18th and 19th centuries to know that the drawling upper class used "ain't" as a contraction for "isn't". Is there a stigma in suggesting that something might be Scottish?
As we've only met virtually, I don't think I can say you know me, but if we meet I'll make a point of asking it. I would need to be in a bit of a dudgeon, though.
It's a new one on me, too.
I say it occasionally too, Andy, when I wish to sound a little formal.
I wonder why you wanted to make it longer. If you read the thread, you will discover that aren't I, amn't I, am I not and ain't I have all been and still are used as tag questions. I also wonder what the problem is that needs a solution. Although I do not say amn't I, it is not difficult to pronounce - certainly my father seemed to have no problem with it. There is also this comment:
The OED notes the use of amn't I as a regional variant in Scotland, Ireland, the West Midlands and Northern England continuing into the 20th century and beyond, and has examples of recent use as a tag question:
As for am I not, the post immediately (and almost 2 years) before yours gives examples of its use as a tag question.
Does amn't have the cat vowel, or something else?
Yes
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This might well be the case for you - I see your native language is French. It isn't the case for native speakers of English. Amn't I is alive and well in 2022.
All sorts of members participate in this forum, including people with very advanced knowledge of English, and plenty of people are interested in regional usages, as this thread demonstrates.
I'm surprised Irish people haven't already introduced this in the US since so many of us are over there.Indeed, I too am one of you, but my ancestors came in the first quarter of the last century. I can't say I've ever heard my grandmother - raised by immigrants - use "amn't I," but alas, she's no longer around to ask.
This forum does not exist for beginners. It exists for people who have questions about meaning and usage. Those people include beginners. There is already advice for beginners
So are the various usages discussed here.
You haven't clarified anything.
tana french irish writer uases the form "I amn't in one of her novels. it apparently survives in Dublin. James McWhorter, an American linquist references the form in one his books as an example of antiquated--i.e. Elizabethan usage lingers on in some regions. I have never seen nor heard it among Americans, not even my Irish American relatives
I've seen it in books, but never heard anyone say it.
You can take my word on it too.
It's not used in all regions though.
The first pronunciation, yes, not the second one though.
