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[finbar]

quote: Originally posted by mark13 on 10-03-2000 10:45 AM Technically, the contraction for 'must not' should be must'n't, and 'did not' did'n't etc. (one for the seperate words and another for the missing letter), but no-one does it because it looks plain stupid.

That's right. I was also referring to "dialogue" - the spoken word as against the written. In speech, people tend to abbreviate in the most extraordinary ways. Just as they mispronounce in the most amazing ways - we have several politicians who refer to "guvment". All good grist for the dialogue writer's mill.







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[Scouse Gits]

Ah yes, "guvment" what a word for the lexicon! Not to be confused with "govmeant". In the UK crime dramas the senior police officer is often called the "gov".(Governor) So we have lines that go
"govmeant interview him, not arrest him".
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[finbar]

I'll have to get you a job on The Bill, SG2.

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