Rare "Quintuple Negative" - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2006, 12:56 PM

Know Whey? (Official marketing phrase of Miss Muffett Foods, Inc.)

Pie · 09-01-2006, 01:19 PM

Yeah, right.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2006, 02:00 PM

psssst...Pie. Word association is another thread

Clodfobble · 09-01-2006, 02:10 PM

With regard to mixed metaphors... the principal of my elementary school once announced in an assembly that "Every student has a spark, and we have a responsibility to water it."

Spexxvet · 09-01-2006, 02:48 PM

I like a Get Smart line "give a man an inch.......and he thinks he's a ruler"

Pie · 09-01-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

psssst...Pie. Word association is another thread

It's a rare instance of a double-positive being a negative. So there. :p

Trilby · 09-01-2006, 03:18 PM

I love the Get Smart thing---must Google....

and, whatever. A mixed metaphore is probably MORE effective than a bird in the bush. The only problem is racism in the ranks. Get over that and you'll step up to the plate and grab the bull by the horns!

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2006, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

It's a rare instance of a double-positive being a negative. So there. :p

pssst Pie...you rock!

Pie · 09-01-2006, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

pssst Pie...you rock!

Thanks... Wait, how many negatives in that sentence?

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2006, 04:10 PM

There ain't not no negatives, no how, no way...(huh?)

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2006, 03:30 PM

I don't see how "met nobody" is a negative?
Changing it to "met anybody" or "met anyone" or even "met Rastus", wouldn't change the meaning.

Flint · 09-03-2006, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I don't see how "met nobody" is a negative?

Meeting nobody is not meeting somebody, the way I figure it.

richlevy · 09-03-2006, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

The direct (net positive) statement would read: "Everyone I have ever met knows how to make napalm."

Actually, I believe the correct translation would read: I met at least one person who knows how to make napalm.

The statement "Someone I met knows how to make napalm" is equally valid with 'everyone'.

The negative of nobody does not have to be everybody, it just means 'more than zero people'.

Crimson Ghost · 09-19-2006, 02:45 AM

Gasoline and Palmolive.
No, I will not give you the recipe.

Ibby · 09-19-2006, 09:57 PM

Gasoline and Styrofoam works just fine.

09-01-2006, 12:56 PM	#16
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Know Whey? (Official marketing phrase of Miss Muffett Foods, Inc.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2006, 01:19 PM	#17
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yeah, right. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-01-2006, 02:00 PM	#18
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	psssst...Pie. Word association is another thread __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2006, 02:48 PM	#20
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I like a Get Smart line "give a man an inch.......and he thinks he's a ruler" __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

09-01-2006, 03:18 PM	#22
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I love the Get Smart thing---must Google.... and, whatever. A mixed metaphore is probably MORE effective than a bird in the bush. The only problem is racism in the ranks. Get over that and you'll step up to the plate and grab the bull by the horns! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-01-2006, 02:10 PM	#19
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	With regard to mixed metaphors... the principal of my elementary school once announced in an assembly that "Every student has a spark, and we have a responsibility to water it."

09-01-2006, 04:10 PM	#25
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	There ain't not no negatives, no how, no way...(huh?) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-02-2006, 03:30 PM	#26
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't see how "met nobody" is a negative? Changing it to "met anybody" or "met anyone" or even "met Rastus", wouldn't change the meaning. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-19-2006, 02:45 AM	#29
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Gasoline and Palmolive. No, I will not give you the recipe. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-19-2006, 09:57 PM	#30
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Gasoline and Styrofoam works just fine. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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