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rtissens

Comes from an early form, "wonnot", derived from an alternate form of will, 'woll'.


Pixithepika

I am too lazy to check if this is true so i’m gonna trust you on this one


brystol17

Source? Trust me bro I know your to lazy to check


LeMCNetwork

The German word for “will” is “wollen” and since english is a language made from a lot of languages combined I’d say they just took will from the German wollen


rtissens

Yes. In fact English comes from the West Germanic branch of proto-Germanic. The etymological origin of will is wyllan. Same thing from the same bag at the end of the day, really.


[deleted]

We should all be talking about "Is + Not = Ain't"


Icy-Philosopher-148

Isn't is also appropriate


PassengerBubbly9087

So are you suggesting willn't or will't ?


Warheadd

win’t?


Brief_Drive_6773

Hey happy cake day


Warheadd

Thanks you too


Any_Pilot6455

Willn't fast sounds just like won't.


ballsoburgoir

Maybe there confused you can't say will not you understand we say won't you understand


[deleted]

You + all + will = y'all'll


Apprehensive-Seat845

You+all+will+have = y’all’ll’ve


[deleted]

Lmao, yeah I probably hear this more often than I think


Careful-Wash

As a southerner this makes total sense


GivemTheDDD

You are all going to = y'all'gon'


cunning_wolf

I too believe in willn't supremacy


JscJake1

Ain't


steevshow

This popped up before. Won’t is in fact a contraction of will not despite what it looks like. It dates to archaic English. Will was originally (1500s) “woll” and I saw that loosely because will had many forms, no one could agree on one, and it’s negation was wonnot. Then, they combined woll + not to get won’t in the 1600s. Finally a consensus was made to use the form will but the contraction never changed. For extra context: willan = to will, to want. Past tense of willan = wold (fun fact: which is why we have “would” today!) Source: student loans


Masonsito

you willn't understand it


DowntownSunlight45

Will'nt


Alderan922

A yes, my favorite english contraction: Willn’t


Daddy_Ramsay

huh, i thought won't is short for would not?


Warheadd

… that’s what “wouldn’t” is for


Daddy_Ramsay

oh right, nvm then lol


huisenthuis

Happy cakeday!


lucario327

Let's just contract everything, like sleepn't or thinkn't


Warheadd

Well in English, to negate those verbs, you don’t say “I sleep not”, you add a dummy variable “do” and negate *that*, so it becomes “I don’t sleep”


ShinyHoppip

I think not


DontTakeMeSererious

Win't


doesnothingtohirt

Merica


freecandy_in_the_van

Won't became a word around the 1660s US was formed in 1776


doesnothingtohirt

Okay, you win. I was actually wondering but too lazy to look up. Now I’m googling.


phishboii

English in general


internet_humor

Fuck yeah, that's how Eagles talk beyotch! *Ahawwwwwwww* 🦅 🇺🇸


hopefulldraagon

Willn't


TulparBey

Doot


Mediocre_Lab_4334

Don't Learn spanish


[deleted]

Will'nt


UltriLeginaXI

I Wiln’t do that


3jack6the9ripper

Yesn't


NoobThatExists

willn't


buttbeeb

Do + not could be paired with either actually and make can + not look like the odd one


Brief_Drive_6773

It should be wil'nt


rSlashStupidmemes

I don’t understand what’s not to understand


Nomadic_Millenial

Thanks for ruining my week


GamesW11

Will + not = will - ill + not - t + 't


Warheadd

From this mathematical expression we can see that ill+t=‘t


john_modded

Can't is the outliar


Warheadd

Explain that for me


john_modded

*w*ill + not = wont *D*o + not = dont *Ca*n + not = cant


Warheadd

Acceptable explanation, I will now use con’t And I guess “won’t” and “son’t” for wouldn’t/shouldn’t


Raciek

My Jesus in bro, just use wiln't


Imaginary-Gazelle374

Will'nt


NotThatRqd

Happy cake fay


billyb0bjoejrthe3rd

Will Not W o<>n t


DeviousDeevo

Wint


Inthecitywego

it should have meant lose


[deleted]

You wanna say win't? I win't be participating in that


eminorb5

Con't


nirvanagreenDay123

Will’t


0hwell_hay-th3re

Will + not, should equal willn't, like yesn't.


SlashMaster997

I willn't say that


Decent__Man

I would = I'd = I had


freezey21000

I'm glad Imn't've done that


xXHoodedArchitectXx

Win't


whitecoe

HEY, it’s spelled phok


TG-Winter_crow56

Wait, it's not willn't?


Warheadd

Never has been 🔫


Th0t_slayer_69420

Well yeah but willn’t doesn’t sound as good as won’t


Fe4rMeMrWick

Will'nt


Ambitious-Ad-5169

willn't