What is Ain't?
The word '''ain't''' is a [[contraction]] of ''is not'', ''have not'', ''are not'' and ''has not'' in [[English language|English]] [[vernacular]]. The development for ''ain't'' happened independently and at different times. The usage of ''ain't'' for the forms of ''to be not'' was established during the 18th century, and ''to have not'' by the early 19th century. The using of ''ain't'' is a major subject of [[controversy]] in English. The word is used by many speakers in oral and informal settings. But its use is often with [[stigma]]. ''Ain't'' is found all across the English-speaking world in many regions and classes.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Word 'Ain't'|isbn=9783110279429|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2jEC3c0L2wC&pg=PA314a|access-date=August 18, 2018|last1=Hickey|first1=Raymond|date=6 December 2012}}</ref> The word is of a nonstandard nature.<ref>{{cite book|title=International English|isbn = 9781134964710|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGiIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA31|access-date=August 18, 2018|last1 = Hancock|first1 = Ian|last2 = Todd|first2 = Lorento|date = 16 November 2005}}</ref> ''Ain't'' is used all over the [[United Kingdom]]. Its geographical distribution has increased over time.<ref>{{cite book|title=Non-Standard English|isbn=9783110900019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFvcc7c0DvYC&pg=PA517|access-date=August 18, 2018|last1=Rohdenburg|first1=Günter|last2=Mondorf|first2=Britta|date=2 August 2011}}</ref> It is also found all over the [[United States]], including in the [[Southern United States|South]], [[New England]], the [[Mid-Atlantic States]], the [[Appalachia]] and the [[Upper Midwest]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Toward a Social History of American English|isbn=9783110105841|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XZxy1y-GAoC&q=powerful+social+marker|access-date=August 18, 2018|last1=Dillard|first1=Joey Lee|last2=Blanton|first2=Linda L.|year=1985}}</ref> But ''ain't'' can also be used in the [[Great Plains]] and other [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern States]]. In [[England]],