<P> Webster 's Third New International Dictionary , published in 1961 , went against then - standard practice when it included the following usage note in its entry on ai n't : `` though disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech , used orally in most parts of the U.S. by many cultivated speakers esp. in the phrase ai n't I . '' Many commentators disapproved of the dictionary 's relatively permissive attitude toward the word , which was inspired , in part , by the belief of its editor , Philip Gove , that `` distinctions of usage were elitist and artificial . '' </P>
<P> Webster 's Third New International Dictionary , published in 1961 , went against then - standard practice when it included the following usage note in its entry on ai n't : `` though disapproved by many and more common in less educated speech , used orally in most parts of the U.S. by many cultivated speakers esp. in the phrase ai n't I . '' Many commentators disapproved of the dictionary 's relatively permissive attitude toward the word , which was inspired , in part , by the belief of its editor , Philip Gove , that `` distinctions of usage were elitist and artificial . '' </P>
when was the word ai n 't added to the dictionary
when was the word ai n 't added to the dictionary
1961
1961