<![CDATA[The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive.]]>The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/69d08bb4-26e3-4fcc-9474-60bb794468f8/the-teacher-said-in-english-a-double-negative-forms-a-positive.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 23:11:42 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:26:13 GMT]]>@stevewfolds @kibcol1049 πŸ˜‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Oldfartrant/statuses/116698904868116362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Oldfartrant/statuses/116698904868116362Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:26:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:23:33 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 clearly, interpret it in whichever way is detremental to the speaker until they learn to speak clearly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chitter.xyz/users/sylvie/statuses/116698894370582211https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chitter.xyz/users/sylvie/statuses/116698894370582211Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:23:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:07:40 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 We've also got "niin" with numerous meanings replacing whole sentences. The meaning depends on intonation (very subtle though) and tone etc. It's all surprisingly high-context.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698831948590056https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698831948590056Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:01:26 GMT]]>@TrueNorthSpice @maggiejk I'm pretty sure that Finnish people can be blamed for that, maybe.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698807431856909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698807431856909Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:56:08 GMT]]>@rzeta0 @kibcol1049 The IT Crowd (TV series) had Moss answering "oh yes you do, that's a double negative" in one of the episodes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698786565302068https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698786565302068Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:56:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:54:26 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 In Finnish we have got "joo joo" which means 1) a very reclutant "yes, gonna do it even though I could not be bothered" or 2) not willing to say no but disagreeing with the statement or plead. "Joo" is just something akin to "yeah" in spoken language, borrowed from some Swedish dialect, probably.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698779912279340https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodontti.fi/users/paavi/statuses/116698779912279340Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:17:52 GMT]]>@ard_the_rich @kibcol1049
Depends on pronounciation .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/Oddel/statuses/116698636144185794https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/Oddel/statuses/116698636144185794Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:23:08 GMT]]>@mfeilner @kibcol1049 @chillicampari "Toch?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116698420918847923https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116698420918847923Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:23:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:13:15 GMT]]>@stevewfolds @kibcol1049 thanks. I have appreciated and written a little based on your words

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/npettiaux/statuses/116698382019981505https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/npettiaux/statuses/116698382019981505Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:13:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:09:12 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 In German it varies from case to case. Emphasis, gestures, facial expressions, comma placement, context, the personal relationship, geographical region or dialect and regional humour - all is playing a role.

"Ja ja" - "yeah yeah" / "yes yes" can be positive but just as easily negative.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Andreas_Sturm/statuses/116698366128646842https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Andreas_Sturm/statuses/116698366128646842Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:09:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:08:59 GMT]]>@the_wub @kibcol1049 @chillicampari "Doch!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mfeilner/statuses/116698365275341622https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mfeilner/statuses/116698365275341622Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:08:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:57:34 GMT]]>@echopapa@social.tchncs.d "A Recht host. Schon weilst a Preis bist" (Austrian) πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚ "Your are right, simply because you're Prussian" - sounds positive but means that the other person is neither right nor will they be proved right, simply because they are German.

@kibcol1049

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Andreas_Sturm/statuses/116698320384583701https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Andreas_Sturm/statuses/116698320384583701Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:57:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:55:18 GMT]]>@sinabhfuil. And in every bureaucracy (corporate and public) ever "Sure, OK."

@kibcol1049

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/Plumbert/statuses/116698311442829696https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/users/Plumbert/statuses/116698311442829696Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:55:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:41:32 GMT]]>@AlexanderVI @EF @rzeta0 @kibcol1049 because that would be another brick in the wall.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116698257321326880https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116698257321326880Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:41:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:39:34 GMT]]>@AlexanderVI @EF @rzeta0 @kibcol1049 Depends on the definition of education. To me they criticized dumb, blind memorized ... stuff.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116698249590976523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116698249590976523Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:39:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:04:01 GMT]]>@jack @Lily_and_frog @eleder @Wolf_Baginski @kibcol1049 Yes, that's how I understand it (I'm Dutch, not German).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/wynke/statuses/116698109786103731https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/wynke/statuses/116698109786103731Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:04:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:47:38 GMT]]>@wynke @Lily_and_frog @eleder @Wolf_Baginski @kibcol1049 "On the contrary", but in an affirmative way. So to say.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/jack/statuses/116698045349319855https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/jack/statuses/116698045349319855Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:12:14 GMT]]>@echopapa Im Ruhrpott so: *Ja, ja!* heißt "Leck mich am Ar*** ☝️

In the Ruhr area, we say "Yeah, yeah!" actually means "Kiss my ass" ☝️

@kibcol1049

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/zynmaster/statuses/116697906154004234https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/zynmaster/statuses/116697906154004234Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:12:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:36 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 @Lily_and_frog @eleder @jack @Wolf_Baginski I was going to say - at least where I’m at in the United States, if someone says in the vernacular β€œIt ain’t no…” that double negative is understood to be a negative.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiggi.es/users/DeltaWye/statuses/116697899778237897https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiggi.es/users/DeltaWye/statuses/116697899778237897Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:33 GMT]]>@ASprinkleofSage @sibrosan @kibcol1049 It's also polyfunny.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116697899585342387https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115465199009917356/statuses/116697899585342387Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:07:19 GMT]]>@EF @AlexanderVI @rzeta0 πŸ‘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kibcol1049/statuses/116697886833708720https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kibcol1049/statuses/116697886833708720Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:07:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:06:36 GMT]]>@AlexanderVI @rzeta0 @kibcol1049 sorry but saying the same thing repeatedly do not make it so. Happy to read any evidence supplied.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/EF/statuses/116697884042730377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/EF/statuses/116697884042730377Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:06:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:56:16 GMT]]>@lankohr @sibrosan @kibcol1049 A man sends his polygamous wife a text to get the other husband to go to the grocery store for a loaf of bread...

He follows up with "and if they have eggs, get a dozen". The programmer wife returns home with 12 husbands and says: "They had eggs."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ASprinkleofSage/statuses/116697843398737002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ASprinkleofSage/statuses/116697843398737002Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:56:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:41:43 GMT]]>@kibcol1049 So nonnegotiable is negotiable?]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-916a-22d2-17f3-f60234736355https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-916a-22d2-17f3-f60234736355Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:41:43 GMT