Date:  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:50:55 CDT

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: no mishaps



Maybe "barring no mishaps" is a shortened form of "not barring no mishaps."

I'm serious here. The augmented negative is the norm in so many people's

speech that this, to me, would be a logical development for speakers of

dialects with augmented negation.

                 DMLance