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The Linguist
« on: Jul 13th, 2006, 11:47am » |
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A linguist was touring giving talks about differences between languages.
'In most languages the use of a double-negative translates into a positive. For example "I didn't do nothing" actually translates to "I did something".
'In a few languages, however, a double-negative acts to reinforce the negative. But it's interesting to note that there are NO languages where a double-positive implies a negative.'
At which point a heckler in the audience shouted 'Yeah. Right!'.
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... and by opposing, end them.
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