September 16, 2008, 10:53 AM
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The Rebel Fairy
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Madrid
Posts: 1,765
Native Language: Spanish
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomisimo
I thought this was cute...
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day.
"In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Spanish, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
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I love it.
You ain't the boss of us for no reason.
Caution:Your English might suffer after reading the sentence above.
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