double positive?

WmHBoyd at aol.com WmHBoyd at aol.com
Sun Dec 19 21:21:57 EST 1999


I know it is off topic, but I knew you would enjoy this short funny.

<< A linguistics professor was lecturing to 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 voice from the back of the room piped up, 'Yeah, right.' >>

William Boyd (Little Greek)
Royal Palm Beach, Florida

PS: Last week I read the entire 2nd chapter of James without going to my 
lexicon.  HO! HO! HO! I could hardly believe I was so good at this!!!  (I 
admit, it helped memorizing it in English first.  Oh well, compared to where 
I was before I found this list, I enjoyed my small victory!)

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