Double Negatives

[AuG]

FYI:

"I don't want nothin"

and

"I aint got no _____"

mean you want something and you have something. Respectively.

I get these answers all the time while at work, and it completely throws me off. Learn to speak English. Please.

That is all.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

What about people that START a sentence with "any more".

Like:

Any more it's becoming harder and harder to find people that survived HS English class

 

[AuG]

"Anymore" was never a transitional word.

At least not like "anyways" or even "anywho", and both of those are conversational, at best.

 

[tplyons]

Americans suck at English, end of story.

 

[beaglesandbass]

Americans suck at English, end of story.

that's ain't not true!

 

[2 Fingers McGee]

Americans suck at English, end of story.

For an American, you sure don't know nuthin' about us.

 

[AuG]

I aint gonna tell you no more. Start speakin dat english 'fore I go an make an xample outta you.

 

[BassyBill]

There is an exception to the double negative rule.

If you hear someone say " I don't know nuthin'", it's true.

 

[Figjam]

Hehe, AuG I just saw your signature

 

[Petary791]

I work in the heart of the D, and I went to a gas station for (you guessed it) gas and there was a sign that said "Register Closed, sorry for the inconvous."

Now i'm guessing that means inconvenience. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry?

 

[canopener]

Americans suck at English, end of story.

Why stop with Americans? There are plenty of examples on TB alone where our English friends very well butcher the English language...

 

[Alex]

FYI:

"I don't want nothin"

and

"I aint got no _____"

mean you want something and you have something. Respectively.

I get these answers all the time while at work, and it completely throws me off. Learn to speak English. Please.

That is all.

It's incorrect, and it is annoying, but you know what they mean, and I put up with it for the time being because, well I really don't know why actually. I guess I just don't have the energy to chase down every person that uses double negatives and beat them senseless with a belt while they scream "I don't want you to beat me no more!" whilst I comply with their wishes.

Actually, that sounds quite entertaining.

 

[DaveDeVille]

... i tried , but i just can't not contribute to this thread ....

 

[Petary791]

Reading this thread can't help but remind me of this video.



"I don't owe nobody in my family nothing."
"Does that mean that you DO owe SOMEBODY in your family SOMETHING?!"

 

[Alex]

Reading this thread can't help but remind me of this video.



"I don't owe nobody in my family nothing."
"Does that mean that you DO owe SOMEBODY in your family SOMETHING?!"

Hah that video was awesome!

 

[MJ5150]

I make an effort to not use double negatives.

-Mike

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

What about "We don't need no education..."? Was it done that way just for the sake of the phrase's rhythm? I've never understood that.

BTW, that's one of the things I like the most of English language. In Spanish, we talk like "Yo no sé nada" ("I don't know nothing"), "El nunca compuso nada" ("He never composed nothing") or "No toques nada" ("Don't touch nothing"), which is totally wrong. I don't get the logic behind that.

 

[vinny]

I ain't got no need fer English...I ain't never goin' to England.

 

[Basshole]

Americans suck at English, end of story.

Enh...the English suck too. I used to think just Americans were illiterate. Then I spent some time on a British forum. They suck too.

I once E-mailed a well known British Internet Grammarian regarding "an historic"...a usage that has begun to peeve me like few others ("an" should be used before words beginning with a vowel sound). He replied that this usage was not all that wrong, and that in fact, he might even be caught saying "an hotel", since Brits often don't enunciate their H's at all.

All in all, it was an horrifying experience

 

[kserg]

For an American, you sure don't know nuthin' about us.

AUG, is that what you are talking about?