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Posted by Neredbojias on 09/08/07 16:56
Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:12:37
GMT mbstevens scribed:
>> Negatives can actually be summary as opposed to antipodal.
>
> Recently posted to another group:
> A linguistics professor was lecturing his class one day.
>
> "In English," he said, "a double negative forms
> a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double
> negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a
> double positive can form a negative." A loud voice from the back of
> the room piped up: "Yeah, right."
Excellent! -My kind of anecdote. I also like the phrase "Yeah, right," in
real life for it's sarcastically scintillating ironic tones.
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Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.
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