# Origin of "ain't" - Swedish?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-aint-swedish/96215 "2001-11-30T23:17:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-aint-swedish/96215/4 "2001-12-01T01:20:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jpeg Jones \*  
> **Why don’t we see similar corruptions of other contractions like “haven’t” (han’t?) or “wouldn’t” (woun’t?).**

Too similar to “won’t,” perchance?

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