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    Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Mike Poindexter
    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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Lindsay Frederick Braun
      (...) 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)
    
         Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Kevin Maynes
     (...) Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Gaaaaaah! (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Richard Franks
      (...) 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)
    
         Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Alex Farlie
      (...) 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)
    
         Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Lindsay Frederick Braun
       (...) 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)
     
          Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Kevin Maynes
      (...) Gimme a demon any day! (Teletubbies are REAL - aigh!) K.M. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Jasper Janssen
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Jasper Janssen
   (...) Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see? Exactly. Jasper (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Tim Courtney
     (...) ^^^^^ 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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Jasper Janssen
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Dark Gray Tanker —Steven Vore
   "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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