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Posts Tagged ‘linguistics

good night

Posted by: plueonigiri on: December 31, 2008

before i call it a day, have some great linguistics/language related humor :
from bash.org
This linguistics professor was lecturing the 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 [...]


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slice-of-life entries of my life in japan as an exchange student :) feel free to comment... they're my daily pieces of happiness! thank you for dropping, and have a nice day ♥

 

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