Date:    Fri, 29 May 1998 09:04:38 +0900
<br>From:    Daniel Long <dlong[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JOHO.OSAKA-SHOIN.AC.JP>
<br>Subject: Friday humor
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<br>Y'all might've heard this, but I thought it was cute.
<br>Danny Long
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<br>A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.  "In
<br>English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive.  In some
<br>languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a
<br>negative.  However, there is no language wherein a double positive can
<br>form a negative."
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<br> A voice from the back of the classroom piped up, "Yeah, right."
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<br>--
<br>Daniel Long, Associate Professor     tel  +81-6-723-8297
<br>Japanese Language Research Center    fax  +81-6-723-8302
<br>Osaka Shoin Women's College          dlong[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]joho.osaka-shoin.ac.jp
<br>4-2-26 Hishiyanishi                  http://www.age.ne.jp/x/oswcjlrc/
<br>Higashi-Osaka-shi, Osaka Japan 577-8550
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