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Old 04-06-2004, 02:02 PM   #133 (permalink)
KnifeMissile
 
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Originally posted by NoLa
Also, using double negatives, it makes you sound like a hick.
Unless, of course, you meant to use a double negative, right?

Where I come from, people use double negatives with the understanding that the sentence turns out positive in the end. So, "I don't have no interest" can mean you have some vague interest, in colloquial speech...

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