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RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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So, following your logic, Richard, what would "I didn't miss not working" be? Is it a triple negativ......
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July 05, 2012 03:20
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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How about this one? Bob should recognise it: ......
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July 04, 2012 12:25
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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Yes, I agree, goofy. That is overnegation. As you say, it doesn't seem wrong on first reading....
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July 03, 2012 22:35
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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That does depend on context again. Maybe the narrator was lazy and preferred doing nothing to workin......
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July 03, 2012 11:57
RE: Bluffing Game: autochthonous
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Mine is in....
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July 03, 2012 00:59
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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June 29, 2012 11:19
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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Here's one from a station ID slogan by Dave, a cable and satellite channel here. ......
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June 28, 2012 10:52
RE: Overnegation: don't fail to miss it!
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June 28, 2012 10:45
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As many of you know, I work for ......
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June 25, 2012 08:12
RE: World's WORST jokes (part one)
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A Frenchman, an Englishman and an Israeli are captured by a tribe of cannibals. The cannibal chief o......
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June 19, 2012 05:50
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Ditto to Geoff and wordmatic....
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June 14, 2012 07:05
RE: Etymology Game : Snob
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Yes, that's true. I see the Online Etymology Dictionary gives the origin of the "shoemaker" meaning ......
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June 07, 2012 08:59
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Students at Cambridge University lived quite apart from the people of the town. They spent most of t......
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June 07, 2012 02:47
RE: Goodbye to the Queens English Society
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I feel almost sorry for them after reading that demolition job by Geoff Pullum! He doesn't try to hi......
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June 07, 2012 01:47
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"Lolly" is short for "lollipop", which also contains "pop". I've seen "lollipop" on packaging, but I......
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June 05, 2012 09:56
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I'll plump for 3....
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June 01, 2012 02:54
RE: Word related comics
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Yes, that's a favourite site for several of us, CW. Several people have posted links, the most recen......
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June 01, 2012 01:49
RE: tighty whities
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Remember I'm not exactly ......
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May 31, 2012 01:08
RE: tighty whities
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I've heard "tighty whities" mentioned on US TV but not over here, although they're not a subject I c......
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May 29, 2012 01:21
RE: more people in the world are bitten by New Yorkers every year than they are by sharks
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