I Amn't Happy About the Loss of a Second Negative Singular Personal Pronoun Contraction

On the wonderful World Wide Words e-magazine from Michael Quinion a question from two separate sources,Fred A. Roth and Shailesh Ramanuj, was the springboard to a fascinating journey through a bit of the English language in which we meet a lost word and its uncouth cousin. It started with a strange question. "Why don't we say 'amn't'?" Then a conundrum is brought forth that I never knew existed. "We," for example has the negative contractions "we're not" and "we aren't." Similar double-contraction forms exist for "they," "he/she," and "you." "I," though only has "I'm not."
The answer to the question points out that "amn't" was once very much in play on our tongues and led to "ain't." The whole fascinating tale may be found here.
I amn't happy about the loss the word and think that it would be clever to bring it back into usage.

The Massena Center Bridge Centennial

The cable suspension bridge over the Grasse River in Massena Center, NY will be one hundred years old in 2010. It was a project that Holton Duncan Robinson took on in the town he was born in before taking on larger projects. Mr. Robinson took out patents that greatly improved the time it takes to build a suspension bridge and was able to lower costs without compromising integrity at a time when such savings were desperately needed.
I remember crossing the single lane bridge in a car but it's now closed to all foot and vehicle traffic.