Bookworm, I don't not doubt that no one wouldn't not notice if you not only did not not reply, but if you did not reply only not answer and or not respond for not having had a negative rebuttal notwithstanding that which was not stood for no knowingly knowing no new or other query. ~
Translation: "I don't not doubt" = I doubt. "wouldn't not notice" = would notice ---> I doubt that no one would notice = I think someone would notice
"did not not reply" = did reply
"but if you did not reply / only not answer / and/or not respond" -- these three function as synonyms. They add up to "but if you didn't reply."
The phrase "negative rebuttal" seems unclear. If it were intended as a double-negative it would imply the affirmative reinforcement of an argument. But, since rebuttal refers to the negating of an argument, I think in this instance it's better to deem the adjective "negative" as unnecessary. Let's discard the redundant descriptor.
---> "for not having had a negative rebuttal" = due to having no means of rebuttal
not stood = not proposed no knowingly knowing = not knowing
Here, I transpose the word order: "not stood for no knowingly knowing" ---> knowingly not proposed.
no new or other query = no query
So, with a little tidying up, the final translation comes out as:
I think someone would notice not only if you did reply but if you didn't (due to having no means of rebuttal), despite the fact that the question knowingly posed no query.
I'm enjoying your playful excesses of double-negatives twisting the meaning back upon itself like a convoluted python trying to mate with itself.
It's kind of you, Randy, to propose that people notice the presence or absence of my replies. And it seems, from Thrifty's response, that you're not the only one to think so.
It's taken a long time, due to long-standing insecurities, but I'm beginning to feel like I belong, like I'm a part of this sometimes surreal social landscape.
Flight Attendant: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard Quantas Airlines flight number 1234 departing from Los Angeles International and landing in Sydney, Australia . . . ”
Thriftymaid 