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Having a nonstandard American dialect is even worse. Texas dialects have a much broader set of larger contractions than coastal and Midwest accents. Autocorrect
by thechao 2y ago
Having a nonstandard American dialect is even worse. Texas dialects have a much broader set of larger contractions than coastal and Midwest accents. Autocorrect becomes an active enemy when I'm trying to type "I'd'nt've" or "y'couldn't'v'nt'd".
- scbrg 2y ago> Autocorrect becomes an active enemy when I'm trying to type "I'd'nt've" or "y'couldn't'v'nt'd". This must be the first time I'm on Autocorrect's side ;->
- ralferoo 2y agoWhat is the "nt'd" in supposed to be short for? "y'couldn't'v'nt'd" to me sounds like "you couldn't have unted", which is true as I've never "unted" anything in my life. I guess "I'd'nt've" means "I don't have", but in British English we'd still write that as "I don' 'av'" (as we'd also drop the t).
- rahimnathwani 2y agoPerhaps "I'd'nt've" is intended to be "I'dn't've", i.e. "I would not have": I would -> I'd would not -> wouldn't So "I would not" -> "I'dn't"?
- ralferoo 2y agoSure, but I was asking about the "'nt'd" at the end of all that. As a British English speaker, I can't even guess what verb they're trying to say that they wouldn't / couldn't have done.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoSorry, I should have made clear I was responding only to this part of your message: I guess "I'd'nt've" means "I don't have" I think it meant 'I would not have', not "I don't have".
- thechao 2y agoI dunno man. I'm just typing what I hear & say. The first is "I do not think I would have done that", more or less. The second is "I could not have done that" but with an agreeing second negative? Like a hill people "I wouldn't do that if I weren't you."