> if we want acrolect, we must go all the way to "Aren't Going To". but "gonna" is a contraction of "going to" "I'm gonna go to the thing" is short for "I'm g

> if we want acrolect, we must go all the way to "Aren't Going To". but "gonna" is a contraction of "going to" "I'm gonna go to the thing" is short for "I'm going to go to the thing". > "Nah man I aren't gonna" <-- this is wrong but "Nah man, I'm not gonna go" is fine - the problem is not with "gonna" here, it's with "I aren't" (which as others have said, is incorrect, and should be "I am not" rather than "I are not"). I don't see a problem with "You Aren't Gonna Need It" or even "You Ain't Gonna Need It"