Double negatives!

djanthonyw · 7th February 2010

For the love of Mother Earth people, learn proper english and stop using double negatives.

"Pro Tools doesn't open up files no more"...

"I don't got no money"...

"Stop looking at what you ain't got and start being thankful for what you do got"...

All of these rappers in pop music.... I swear, in every song they use double negatives. None of them know how to speak properly!

Dean Roddey · 7th February 2010

I don't not find that double negatives doesn't cause problems for most people.

djanthonyw · 7th February 2010

I had a feeling that was coming, but it's not the same when someone does it on purpose to be funny.

Lvismydad · 7th February 2010

Hahaha, you guys made me laugh so much!!!
At last, because I've got a big, nasty hernia in my neck that's killing me everytime I play my piano or try to move some faders.

Thank you.

Tim.

PODmusic · 7th February 2010

I've grown up in the south so I've sorta learned to ignore it. It's almost more of a quirk of dialect rather than true ignorance because most of these people wouldn't write this way. That being said, there are an awful lot of people who get their "there, their, and they'res" mixed up. It's funnier when it's words that are COMPLETELY different like "won" and "one." I think those are the kind of people who speak when they type.

Dean Roddey · 7th February 2010

Of course there are socially not unaccepted double negatives as well. Not uncalled for, not unknown, not without merit, and so forth.

GearBit · 8th February 2010

I think you are gonna have to get used to it.

AFAICT "dumb" is the new "cool" and I expect new depths of dumb will be dug in order to appear even cooler.
If you talk too intelligently you run the risk of sounding gay.
These are the beginning stages of our very own Idiocracy.....

MikeTSH · 8th February 2010

I do English Language A Level - I hate it but, technically double negatives are not "wrong", just "non-standard". By saying it's right or wrong you are being prescriptavist when you can't really be - language will change with or without you. I cld tlk lyk ths nd it wud reli b anoyin but it aint rong, get me blud?

djanthonyw · 8th February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeTSH

I cld tlk lyk ths nd it wud reli b anoyin but it aint rong, get me blud?

Actually it is wrong because those are not words. I really don't understand people that type like that. I find it harder to type that way than to just type things correctly.

GearBit · 8th February 2010

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Originally Posted by MikeTSH

I do English Language A Level - I hate it but, technically double negatives are not "wrong", just "non-standard".

When it actually means the opposite of what they are attempting to say then I would think that it would be classified as wrong.
Even when someone uses the word "bad" to mean "good" they know what they are conveying. People who say "I don't got no" without irony have no idea that they have chosen the wrong words to communicate the idea " I don't have any".

I do understand though how the educational system have taken cultural relativity to extremes in order to be inclusive of illiterates because telling an illiterate that they are wrong is just hurtful isn't it? We can't just go around hurting the illiterates feelings by telling them they can't read can we?

Lrmusic · 8th February 2010

Major label deal.

Labs · 8th February 2010

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Originally Posted by Lrmusic

Major label deal.

Thats not a double negative, just an oxymoron these days.

Gustav

Lrmusic · 8th February 2010

No you.

Wishing you all the best of everything,

LR

MikeTSH · 9th February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by djanthonyw

Actually it is wrong because those are not words. I really don't understand people that type like that. I find it harder to type that way than to just type things correctly.

It's not "Wrong". Who's to say those aren't words? Who's to say the language won't evolve into that? Unlikely, sure, but it's not "wrong". You still got the message of the writing, thus it is performing its duties. It's not "wrong". It's just non-standard.

djanthonyw · 9th February 2010

Yes, it's wrong if what you typed is supposed to be considered english. As of right now those are not english words. When someone's resume looks like that and the person is hired feel free to PM me. Until then it's not english... it's just plain lazy and disrespectful.

Lrmusic · 9th February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeTSH

It's not "Wrong". Who's to say those aren't words? Who's to say the language won't evolve into that? Unlikely, sure, but it's not "wrong". You still got the message of the writing, thus it is performing its duties. It's not "wrong". It's just non-standard.

Old Goat · 9th February 2010

He ain't never done nobody no good nohow.

Makinithappen · 10th February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by GearBit

AFAICT "dumb" is the new "cool" and I expect new depths of dumb will be dug in order to appear even cooler.
If you talk too intelligently you run the risk of sounding gay.
These are the beginning stages of our very own Idiocracy.....

You talk like a fag and your shits all ********.

Seriously tho, I think your 100% correct..

GearBit · 10th February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeTSH

It's not "wrong". It's just non-standard.

Rape is not wrong, it's just non-standard sex!

Sorry. I just love those slippery slopes as much as everyone else......

vincentvangogo · 10th February 2010

I can't get any satisfaction?
I can only get dis-satisfaction?
I've got it...

7th February 2010	#1
djanthonyw Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 3,359 Thread Starter	Double negatives! For the love of Mother Earth people, learn proper english and stop using double negatives. "Pro Tools doesn't open up files no more"... "I don't got no money"... "Stop looking at what you ain't got and start being thankful for what you do got"... All of these rappers in pop music.... I swear, in every song they use double negatives. None of them know how to speak properly!

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Dean Roddey Gear Guru Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mountain View, CA Posts: 10,907 2 Reviews written	I don't not find that double negatives doesn't cause problems for most people. __________________ Dean Roddey Chairman/CTO Charmed Quark Systems, Ltd www.charmedquark.com Be a control freak!

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GearBit Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 5,675	I think you are gonna have to get used to it. AFAICT "dumb" is the new "cool" and I expect new depths of dumb will be dug in order to appear even cooler. If you talk too intelligently you run the risk of sounding gay. These are the beginning stages of our very own Idiocracy..... __________________ . Apparently no one has ever explained to you the difference between being "underground" and being "completely unknown." . "don't expect reason to get someone out of an opinion it never got them into"

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MikeTSH Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 1,200 1 Review written	I do English Language A Level - I hate it but, technically double negatives are not "wrong", just "non-standard". By saying it's right or wrong you are being prescriptavist when you can't really be - language will change with or without you. I cld tlk lyk ths nd it wud reli b anoyin but it aint rong, get me blud? __________________ http://mikewhitemusic.co.uk Currently looking for clients - low prices with great mixes. Send me PM if you're interested My frozen dairy beverage bringeth all the gentlefolk to the yard, and they claim, "Surely, 'tis better than thine! Surely, 'tis better than thine!" I'd instruct you, though I must levy a fee.

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Lvismydad Gear nut Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bel / Gium Posts: 136	Hahaha, you guys made me laugh so much!!! At last, because I've got a big, nasty hernia in my neck that's killing me everytime I play my piano or try to move some faders. Thank you. Tim.

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PODmusic Gear Head Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 44	I've grown up in the south so I've sorta learned to ignore it. It's almost more of a quirk of dialect rather than true ignorance because most of these people wouldn't write this way. That being said, there are an awful lot of people who get their "there, their, and they'res" mixed up. It's funnier when it's words that are COMPLETELY different like "won" and "one." I think those are the kind of people who speak when they type.

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Lrmusic Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,989	Major label deal.

9th February 2010	#15
djanthonyw Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 3,359 Thread Starter	Yes, it's wrong if what you typed is supposed to be considered english. As of right now those are not english words. When someone's resume looks like that and the person is hired feel free to PM me. Until then it's not english... it's just plain lazy and disrespectful.

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Old Goat Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Eastern Ozarks Posts: 3,535	He ain't never done nobody no good nohow.

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