I thought the contraction was always ’shan’t’? Or is Skippy wrong?
Oh, fun!!
Shalln’t would be a contraction of shall & not, but “shalln’t must” is foreign to me.
In any case I’m glad to see that Skippy is practicing his conjugations, although he’s fudging a bit in the last panel.
Turns out “shalln’t” was used in Shakespearean England, and American use (as by Skippy’s teacher) was usually pretentiousness. And 1933 wasn’t that long ago when it comes to American vocabulary, just in our slang. Who’d’athunk it? ;-)
Homeward Premium Member over 3 years ago
I thought the contraction was always ’shan’t’? Or is Skippy wrong?
ddjg over 3 years ago
Oh, fun!!
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
Shalln’t would be a contraction of shall & not, but “shalln’t must” is foreign to me.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago
In any case I’m glad to see that Skippy is practicing his conjugations, although he’s fudging a bit in the last panel.
Homeward Premium Member over 3 years ago
Turns out “shalln’t” was used in Shakespearean England, and American use (as by Skippy’s teacher) was usually pretentiousness. And 1933 wasn’t that long ago when it comes to American vocabulary, just in our slang. Who’d’athunk it? ;-)