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| Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3888BDAD.7AAE@m...ing.com... (...) I have never heard anyone use a double negative like that. Almost always, a double negative takes form where the don't is in front of the verb, followed by (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I've heard the above double-negative form used quite often--but it's usually combined with a modulation or inflection, where the NOT is stressed to set it in opposition to an assertion made immediately prior, such as: Person A: "I wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Gaaaaaah! (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Indeed.. but directly after the teletubbies lose their appeal, the Beelzebub Broadcasting Commission (BBC) have the.. Tweenies. For those curious, or those wishing to express solidarity (as I had to endure my nephew's entire Tweenies video on (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Now there IS an Idea. Teletubbies Duplo? with figures. Im sure that an excellent playset could be produced. Alex (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Erm, this IS .fun, right? So I can nitpick?? Yes? thanks. Well, then... I think "off of" is incorrect usage in this context. RWRATP(1), but I think it is just "is off maternity leave". Me, I get confused, so I would have written it as "has (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I actually prefer Teletubbies to the insipidness of the dread demon B'harne. best LFB (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Gimme a demon any day! (Teletubbies are REAL - aigh!) K.M. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see? Exactly. Jasper (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yeah, too bad he lost in that first-round matchup against Chris Mason.. Wait, you're not talking about The Dutch Darting Postman[1], are you? In that case, you really, _really_ need to read the "Day of the Barney" series. Don't seek it out if (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Something non IBMish. Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were dying out, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) ^^^^^ I suppose you should change your signature, then. <ducks, runs> :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Never. (...) A newsgroup is a forum. (...) They were essentially an early implementation of news, much as has been developed in a lot of places (various universities had an imp, DEC had one, Xerox PARC probably had one..). Direct precursors to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| "Jasper Janssen" <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote ... (...) Hey hey hey... I *still* consider NOTES (a.k.a. VAXNotes, later renamed to be more corporately-correct to VMSNotes, I believe, even though there are clients for almost every platform used (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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