CB: Is that in support of Ricky's point about the inherent superiority or working class socialists over and above the useless academic left? Egan and Kahn were pretty sophisticated and literate folks, no? Fitzgerald, Parker and Orwell were all pretty appreciative (thanks wikipedia)... and they had some literary chops. A
^^^^^ Alan,
In support of the Roaring twenties/ Gaga left grammar and fun . They did use "ain't"
This line has some profound materialism in it:
"There's nothing surer The rich get rich and the poor get children In the meantime, in between time Ain't we got fun? "
( Wikipedia has no item for "fun". Google directs one to "recreation") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation
Charles