i'mn't
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
contraction
Contraction of I + am + not.
Example Sentences
- "I'mn't sure you can use a system like that. Some contractions aren't legal, and sometimes you do not use a contraction in order to emphasize what you are saying. Sometimes two contractions can be formed in a sentence, and you need to know which one to use."
- "Why people from Finland are so active in this forum? Finland isn't a part of Russia already for almost a hundred years! What they are doing here? I know no Russians who would be concerned about Finland and no groups where the Russians would give the suggestions to Finns (I'mn't even sure about the correct spelling of Fin in plural -- another evidence that I don't care about 'em)."
- "Now that I think of it, could somebody check to see that I am indeed the inventor of double contractions? And although I'mn't (I am not) trying to claim all the glory for this, if there's a possibility for a triple contraction, I invented those as well (at least in theory)."
- "Just in case he removes that post, it was posted Sun, Dec 10, 2006, at 4:19 pm. Does anyone want to take any bets on whether Ullrich will still be teaching then? ((Later:)) I guess I'mn't the first one to ask that."
- "I seem to recall that this very question was discussed and answered on one of the linguistics blogs in the past couple of months. It may have been on Language Log, but I'mn't sure. I think the answer was that it arose as a shortened form of "amn't I"."