talking w/ double negatives

[bladefd]

Does it annoy you when people speak using double negatives?

"I don't know no Joe" -- you are saying 'I know Joe' when you cross out double negatives
"I ain’t got no worries for next game" -- you are saying 'I got worries for next game'
"I ain't seen nothing" -- you are saying 'I have seen something'
"I ain't got no money on me" -- you are saying 'I have money on me'

When I hear double negatives, my brain explodes.. Sometimes I have to ask for clarification in middle of a conversation.

I understand uneducated people using that, but I have heard educated college people speaking like that.. This is something you learn in 5th grade grammar class. What is wrong with this picture??:confusedshrug:

[L.Kizzle]

I do not be caring bout know double negative.

[iamgine]

[QUOTE=bladefd]Does it annoy you when people speak using double negatives?

"I don't know no Joe" -- you are saying 'I know Joe' when you cross out double negatives
"I ain

[DeuceWallaces]

Lol, what kind of douche bag stops a conversation for clarification on the implied meaning of a double negative?

[ace23]

I like how you told us what the examples actually meant. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Droid101]

I ain't never done that.

[riseagainst]

Lol, what kind of douche bag stops a conversation for clarification on the implied meaning of a double negative?

butthurt uneducated scum detected.

[Akrazotile]

Does it annoy you when people speak using double negatives?

"I don't know no Joe" -- you are saying 'I know Joe' when you cross out double negatives
"I ain’t got no worries for next game" -- you are saying 'I got worries for next game'
"I ain't seen nothing" -- you are saying 'I have seen something'
"I ain't got no money on me" -- you are saying 'I have money on me'




One thing I know for sure.

OP aint no ******

[ArbitraryWater]

The examples you named are pretty commonly used and understandable IMO.. but I just read this from Thorpe in an old thread " This is the kind of show where they don't NOT show something that would be critical to the plot like that."

.... what?! whyyyyy

[Yoda]

Hmmm. No double negatives I ain't do.

[KevinNYC]

There's no linguistic reason to worry about double negatives.
The idea that this is wrong is imported from mathmatics.

In Spanish double negatives can be required. (http://spanish.about.com/od/sentencestructure/a/double_negatives.htm)
No dijo nada. He said nothing.
No le dijo nada a nadie. He didn't say anything to anybody.
No compro ninguno. I'm not buying any.
Nunca le compra nada a nadie. She never buys anything for anybody.

Our brains come up with double negatives pretty easily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7cHPy04s8

[They Won]

There's no linguistic reason to worry about double negatives.
The idea that this is wrong is imported from mathmatics.

In Spanish double negatives can be required. (http://spanish.about.com/od/sentencestructure/a/double_negatives.htm)

Our brains come up with double negatives pretty easily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7cHPy04s8

Out of my head!

[dunksby]

Language is not math, it's a tool to communicate abstract thoughts and everybody would understand that using double negatives is a way to emphasize something. So as long as the thought is communicated sufficiently it's not wrong.

[They Won]

Language is not math, it's a tool to communicate abstract thoughts and everybody would understand that using double negatives is a way to emphasize something. So as long as the thought is communicated sufficiently it's not wrong.

I don't want to say I do not agree with you, but you don't say the things that aren't important when communicating about double negatives.

[dunksby]

I don't want to say I do not agree with you, but you don't say the things that aren't important when communicating about double negatives.
Yep you get it.

[bladefd]

Language is not math, it's a tool to communicate abstract thoughts and everybody would understand that using double negatives is a way to emphasize something. So as long as the thought is communicated sufficiently it's not wrong.

You are right. I am a pragmatist (if it works, GOOD! If it doesn't work, NO GOOD!) so it should be good with me.

Even then, I just feel as if double negatives do not sound right. In some situations, it works.. but I focus more on the efficiency picture.

Instead of saying "I don't know no Joe", why not just say "I don't know Joe"? To me, keep it as simple as possible. I see it just being logical.. :confusedshrug:

[GimmeThat]

I always tried to tell myself is that expression is like a flower. You never know if one blooms open or not.

[dunksby]

You are right. I am a pragmatist (if it works, GOOD! If it doesn't work, NO GOOD!) so it should be good with me.

Even then, I just feel as if double negatives do not sound right. In some situations, it works.. but I focus more on the efficiency picture.

Instead of saying "I don't know no Joe", why not just say "I don't know Joe"? To me, keep it as simple as possible. I see it just being logical.. :confusedshrug:
You should loosen up a bit, don't be too logical :cheers:

[kNIOKAS]

It's a language thing. Plenty of languages have double negatives just fine, just to express a point.

[MadeFromDust]

Yeah that shiite's ignant