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[wace]

I understand that AMN'T (which has a long recorded history) is only used in some dialects of Scotland and Ireland, even James Joyce used it in his Ulysses- chapter 15. It was never as popular as another contraction an't (most probably because people disliked putting an M and an N

Not that I anticipate using it or teaching it, mind you, but...just out of curiosity, how would you pronounce it? Would you insert a schwa between M and N?
Thanks!

 

[wace]

Sorry, I didn't finish a sentence:
...people disliked putting an M and an N together in the samy syllabe)

 

[wace]

same syllable.. (damned haste!!)

 

[5jj]

Not that I anticipate using it or teaching it, mind you, but...just out of curiosity, how would you pronounce it? Would you insert a schwa between M and N?

I would.