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(...) Is this the five-minute session, or the full half-hour? LFB (26 years ago, 22-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 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Polyolfactory? Ya know, I think we have one of these out at Dow...<grin> James (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Omniescent -adj. 1) having the ability to smell all things at once 2) the ability to smell like all things - Synonyms: polyolfactory, multifragrant ;-D heh heh heh. -Adam (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, a double negative would be "I wouldn't not use Brasso just because it might dull the parts a bit." (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 2, apparently. :) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) All of them, at once. If you leave it out long enough to mold. However it forms 10 wide bricks so you may be out of luck. (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm....I wonder if I could use corrugated spamcake for the sides of my passenger trains... What colors does it come in? -John (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ewww I'd never leave my unprotected scalp next to spamcake for that long. Spamcake has been shown to emit various radiations. -Tom McD. when replying, stay further away from the spamcake mutant, corduroy spamcake, recognizable by its (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm more afraid of the spamcake waking up peckish in the middle of the night... Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) vehicles (...) with (...) I'd been meaning to email you personally about this, but lately I've been too busy collecting free, informative pamphlets on how to lower the dust mite count in my home. -Tom McD. when replying, off-camera, Squiddley (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Well, if we're into smallest school mode... my daughter's school is 130 kids K-10. It's part of the public school system but it's an alternative school (non-coercive and parent participation.) Kevin (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Then allow me :) Mash some up into a vaguely rectangular shape, and use some spamcake as a pillow. It might also be useful if you wake up peckish in the middle of the night? Richard (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, that's small. My elementary school (K-5) had ~400, my middle school (6-8) had ~600, and my high school has ~2400 (~500 in my class...I expect that the graduation ceremony will last forever :/ ) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't get that reference. I would have, but I haven't gotten around to learning any French words yet. (that IS french, right? I get them mixed up... good thing Switzerland is between them, eh? At least I think it is. I suppose I could go (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Perhaps something a bit less ruder from Lesson One: Words. "Shoe, Megaphone, Grunties" BTW, it's nothing to worry about. It's all a part of growing up and being British. -John (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My school (so the rumor goes) was built by an architect who has previously designed prisons... :-) The school is a total maze, 4 floors up, built on the lengh of a block or two, that's if you don't include all the fields. The building is color (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My school (so the rumor goes) was built by an architect who has previously designed prisons... :-) The school is a total maze, 4 floors up, built on the lengh of a block or two, that's if you don't include all the fields. The building is color (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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One of the Public Schools I went to had <300 students, from JK to 13 :) (and it was in a major city, to boot...Toronto, Island Public School) (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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