Neil Diamond song: I’m… I Said
This is Red Dog, Red Dog. Gray Squirrel, can you read me, o’er?
I mustn’t… I willn’t…
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you’re
Contractions are one thing I never get enough o’.
I’m, I’m, I’m
I said I wanna get next to you
I said I gonna get close to you
Maybe I am and maybe I am’t.
Bad cop! No don’t!
(This is probably wrong.)
Its it’s!
Are too!
Amn’t!
The odd saint may be hallowed odd, but once a year he’s Hallowe’en.
It’s what it’s.
Repeated #10 you’ve.
Dam’n.
To see these occurring in nature, old Hong Kong action movies were a treasure trove of hilarious subtitles with brilliant contractions. I think it was one of the Better Tomorrow movies that had this brilliant exchange:
“You must take care of our father while I’m away.”
“I’ll!”
Some times they’re good … as in the following poem :-
When you shake the ketchup bottle,
None’ll come out, but then a lot’ll.
You can all go to he’ll!