Archive for April 23rd, 2007

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It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it

A linguistics professor was lecturing his class.”In English,” he explained, “a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.””However,” the professor continued, “there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up. [...]