--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah, right. :-) > > > > > > > > Quick, tell me what that phrase means... > > > > > > The pompous professor was explaining the rules of > > > grammar in his normal, boring fashion, lulling > > > most of the class to sleep. Noticing this, he > > > banged on the blackboard to wake the class up and > > > continued, "As I was saying, A double negative > > > occurs when two forms of negation are used in > > > the same sentence. The two negatives resolve to > > > a positive. However, there is no known instance > > > in the English language of a double positive > > > resolving to a negative." > > > > > > From the back of the lecture hall, one of the > > > students said quietly, "Yeah, right." > > > > You know, it's a funny thing, but I could swear that > > I *invented* that joke. > > Yeah, right. > > :-) > > Seriously, could be. I don't remember where I heard it. >
It's been around for a good long while. My recollection is that someone had the "two positives never make a nagative" in their sig. I quoted it and typed "yeah, right." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
