The Unlikely Heroine

The Art of Using Double-Negatives

March 31, 2008 · 1 Comment

As overheard at work:

“People ain’t knowin’ what can be done here and what cain’t, and I don’t want no part of nothin’ to where these doctors is gonna get mad at me ’cause I don’t know nothin’ about no protocols.”

Mathematically speaking, she has negated herself a sufficient number of times to arrive at a grammatically-correct version of the idea she was trying to convey. I’m simultaneously offended and impressed.

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