Yeah Right

An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.”

A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

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• 沙发！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/05/2021 postreply 21:09:18

• 哈哈哈，这一对师生很能闹很能笑嘛！互相模仿得很像，连最后嘎然而止的尾音都像！：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (50 bytes) () 04/05/2021 postreply 21:13:54

• 你非常会出主意，我们只要跟着闹就可以 -Marauders- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 12:37:14

• 你把“笑闹”简化成“闹”更有喜感了：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 14:36:33

• Good voice -唐古- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/05/2021 postreply 21:40:05

• It is OK to say "what the heck." -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/05/2021 postreply 22:04:43

• Good voices! Love your little friend! -花儿解语2021- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 04:19:03

• don't know nothing= know nothing -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 04:20:31

• 记得你刚来美坛时教过我们：ain't nothing = nothing ：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 08:01:33

• One of my co-worker from Mexico alway use don’t know nothing. -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 08:06:11

• Bingo, another "yeah right" instance -Marauders- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 12:44:59

• 也许Double += neg...How about this one“ 是，看你做的好事！” ？：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 14:32:39

• 好玩。模仿得惟妙惟肖。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 08:08:40

• haha, good one! You two are so cute! -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 10:55:33

• Thanks, I have to say she is cuter. I don't take no for answer. -Marauders- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 12:46:34

• haha, how can I say No to that! :) -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/06/2021 postreply 16:41:38