y'ain't

I am greatly fond of my Dutch-Michigander husband and in-laws and those of their Dutch-Michigander friends and associates I have met, but if it is true as they say in Grand Rapids that if y'ain't Dutch, y'ain't much, I am, in fact, not much.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway truepenny 2009

Tell yer friends t' play, if y'ain't scared of t'competition!

February 2nd, 2009 madkestrel 2009

"But y'ain't got nothin 'to buy books," was suggested.

"Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues Wade C. Smith

"When y'ain't freezin 'ye're burnin' up, an 'that's what happens in hell!"

Deep Furrows Hopkins Moorhouse

It's an awful disgrace y'know, to be gettin 'presents when y'ain't got none to give back.

Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker

"When I kin git up an appetite for that sort of vittles, I'll go shares with you, ef y'ain't got no objection!"

Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

Moreover, ye may's well realize y'ain't _popular_ 'round these parts; an' first thing, when I wasn't lookin ', somebody'd be a-puttin' somethin 'onhealthy into yer vittles, partner!

Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

"Shin out of this, whatever y'are, we don't contrack to carry no imps on this line -- Well, if ever I-- Tommy, old man, it's all right, y'ain't got 'em this time -- 'ere's yer imp!"

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895

Not that y'ain't 'andsome -- far be it from me to say as you ain't -- but Muster Pendle -- well, that's a different matter.'

The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895

Gentlemen mostly thinks a sight of Jen's looks; an 'it ain't no harm as I knows on to kiss a tidy girl, if y'ain't married, or th' missus don't object. '

A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890