Maybe Randy knows some.Here's one that I heard in college:A linguistics professor says to his class: "In English, a double negative becomes a positive. There are some languages, li... moreMaybe Randy knows some.Here's one that I heard in college:A linguistics professor says to his class: "In English, a double negative becomes a positive. There are some languages, like French, where a double negative is still a negative. But there are no languages were a double positive is a negative." A student replies: "Yeah. Right."
It's 2018, and practically every type of broadcast television program already features rampant vulgarities in dialog: talks shows, dramas, sitcoms, "reality" shows, gam... more It's 2018, and practically every type of broadcast television program already features rampant vulgarities in dialog: talks shows, dramas, sitcoms, "reality" shows, game shows, children's shows, news, sports, movies, documentaries, awards shows, etc. That is NOT to say that all of the programs in each of these genres has profanity, it just means that the genres themselves are no longer completely free of profanity the way they used to be. How soon before the advertising people decide that every single television commercial also needs profanity in order to appeal to the target demographic by seeming cool, hip and current and therefore boost profits?~ less
in any other of the words, and then add, subtract or duplicate any letter anywhere in the phrase, all in order to form a humorous, weird or strange result.state of the art~
In the English language, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the Grammar Police, who investigate errors; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories . . .~
