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it is not -> 'tisn't 1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 'Tisn't a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice. https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry...
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#8: Post edited
by
Michael
·
2023-10-27T04:05:39Z (6 months ago)
Fix markdown quote block
- * it is not -> **'tisn't**
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- * it ^ not -> it ain't -> ****'tain't.**** (first known use 1773)
- ^ = am|are|is|has|have
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
>* Baby, you ought-a tole me,* Six months before you roll me,* I'd had some other place to go,* 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- * it is not -> **'tisn't**
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- * it ^ not -> it ain't -> ****'tain't.**** (first known use 1773)
- ^ = am|are|is|has|have
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- > Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- > Six months before you roll me,
- > I'd had some other place to go,
- > 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#7: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T09:57:09Z (over 3 years ago)
* it is not -> 'tisn't- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
* it + not -> it ain't -> ****'tain't.**** (first known use 1773)+ = am|are|is|has|have- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- * it is not -> **'tisn't**
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- * it ^ not -> it ain't -> ****'tain't.**** (first known use 1773)
- ^ = am|are|is|has|have
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#6: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T09:54:52Z (over 3 years ago)
- * it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
'tain't. (first known use 1773)- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- * it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- * it + not -> it ain't -> ****'tain't.**** (first known use 1773)
- + = am|are|is|has|have
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#5: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T09:01:53Z (over 3 years ago)
- * it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
`https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- * it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- [https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732](https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732)
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#4: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T09:00:05Z (over 3 years ago)
it is not -> 'tisn't- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
> Baby, you ought-a tole me,Six months before you roll me,I'd had some other place to go,'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- * it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- >
- * Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- * Six months before you roll me,
- * I'd had some other place to go,
- * 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#3: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T08:55:38Z (over 3 years ago)
- it is not -> 'tisn't
1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 'Tisn't a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice.- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
`https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1`- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
Baby, you ought-a tole me,- Six months before you roll me,
- I'd had some other place to go,
- 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html
- it is not -> 'tisn't
- _1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 **'Tisn't** a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice._
- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- > Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- Six months before you roll me,
- I'd had some other place to go,
- 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- [http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html](http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html)
#2: Post edited
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T08:51:49Z (over 3 years ago)
- it is not -> 'tisn't
- 1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 'Tisn't a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice.
- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- `https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1`
`Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)- Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- Six months before you roll me,
- I'd had some other place to go,
'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own`- http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html
- it is not -> 'tisn't
- 1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 'Tisn't a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice.
- `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732`
- slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all?
- and begging the question
- 'tain't. (first known use 1773)
- `https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1`
- Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore)
- Baby, you ought-a tole me,
- Six months before you roll me,
- I'd had some other place to go,
- 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own
- http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html
#1: Initial revision
by
shpielmeister
·
2020-08-30T08:50:44Z (over 3 years ago)
it is not -> 'tisn't 1739 D. Bellamy Innocence Betray'd ii. iii. 112 'Tisn't a Virtue, Lucia, but a Vice, To be so very coy! so very nice. `https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/126732` slightly archaic, but 'taren't we all? and begging the question 'tain't. (first known use 1773) `https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%27tain%27t#h1` `Version as collected by Howard Odum (publ. 1911 in Journal of American Folklore) Baby, you ought-a tole me, Six months before you roll me, I'd had some other place to go, 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own` http://www.keeponliving.at/song/ain't_nobody's_business_if_i_do.html