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Question: 遊んでくんない

#1
I came across this while one person is asking another about playing video games. I can't figure out the くない (くんない) as a て-form verb ending.
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#2
You may see it as a spoken form of くれない, which is the negative form of くれる (i.e., くれる + ない = くれない). It's more informal and slightly slangy.
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#3
This shortening of a -ru + n sound to -nn is common. You see こっちくんな (こっち来るな), or どうすんの? (どうするの?) for instance. Just this morning a man saw me eating a nattomaki and asked 納豆くえんのか? (納豆食えるのか?)
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#4
Thanks for the help. I was wondering if it was a contraction or slang since I couldn't find anything in my references.
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