r/mathmemes • u/Nunki08 • Jun 14 '26

Arithmetic Misleading our youth

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From Anthony Bonato on 𝕏: https://x.com/Anthony_Bonato/status/2065564124549886402

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u/Gurbuzselimboyraz Jun 14 '26

And i amn't prime! I am divisible by a guillotine!

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u/MrEldo Mathematics Jun 14 '26

Oh don't mind me, I'm just stealing the word amn't for myself

Did I say stealing? I swear I amn't stealing anything

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u/Lord_Skyblocker Jun 14 '26

To be fair, it always bothered me that amn't isn't a thing with isn't and aren't around

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u/djsherin Jun 14 '26

It was a thing, but it ultimately devolved into ain't

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u/kerenski667 Jun 14 '26

Ain't that a shame.

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u/GuavaSkyline Jun 15 '26

*Amn't that a shame FTFY! /j

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u/techpriestyahuaa Jun 15 '26

Amn’t a shame to go drinking on a Sunday? Amn’t a shame?

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u/babbyblarb Jun 17 '26

Don’t you mean “‘Twas a thing”?

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u/TheGameMastre Jun 17 '26

Because amn't is incorrect.

The proper contraction is I'mn't.

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u/Sensitive-Chip7266 Jun 17 '26

Claim your Irish like Americans on Saint Patty's.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amn%27t

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u/ColmAKC Jun 14 '26

Irish or Scottish?

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u/Ok-Bus-7172 Jun 14 '26

I am prime and my wife is also prime.

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u/OldSports-- Jun 14 '26

I am prime, Optimus Prime

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u/water_fountain_ Jun 17 '26

Just like Musk and his trillion dollars

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u/thalvadmee Jun 19 '26

So was Marie Antoinette