Give a stream of consciousness and then the final answer. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961, went against then-standard practice when it included the following usage note in its entry on ai n't: "though disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech, used orally in most parts of the U.S. by many cultivated speakers esp. in the phrase ai n't I." Many commentators disapproved of the dictionary's relatively permissive attitude toward the word, which was inspired, in part, by the belief of its editor, Philip Gove, that "distinctions of usage were elitist and artificial."\n\nWhen was ain't added to the dictionary?
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To answer this question, we should know that: Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961, went against then-standard practice when it included the following usage note in its entry on ai n't: "though disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech, used orally in most parts of the U.S. by many cultivated speakers esp. in the phrase ai n't I."
So, the final answer is 1961.
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