LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 31.MAR.2000 (01) [E/S]

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "Language Varieties"

> From: John M. Tait [jmtait at altavista.net]
> Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 26.MAR.2000 (01)
> [E/S/French]
>
> Andy wrate:
>
> >Reciprocally, however, there are no languages of which I am aware,
> >where the double affirmative is taken to mean 'No!'
> >
> >Immediately from the back of the hall came the response:
> >
> >"Ay, richt!"
>
> I'm aye lauchin! Whaur did ye get this frae?

A dinna like ti disappynt fowk (or div A?!), but this is a direct translate

o a weel-kent American joke, whare the dooble positive is "Yeah, yeah!".

It dis mind iz on a joke oo uised ti tell, tho, whaur the'r this English
lecturer at a Scottish university at declares, "I was born and bred an
Englishman, and I shall die an Englishman!" An a vyce fae the back cries
oot, "Och, min, hiv ye nae ambeetion?!"

A didna lauch, masel...

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
http://www.fleimin.demon.co.uk

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From: Andrew Eagle [K27 at compuserve.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 30.MAR.2000 (01) [E/S]

John queriet>>
>Andy wrate:

>A rather snooty linguistics expert came up from the home counties to
>give a lecture in one of the Scottish universities.
>
>The first part of his lecture, was on why, precisely, in his opinion,
>Scots was a dialect and not a language.  This was greeted with a
>polite, if unenthusiastic response.(We've all been there)
>
>The second part of his lecture, was concerning the more idiosyncratic
>characteristics of particular languages. He began:
>" The double negative, in most languages, like English for example, of
>course means 'Yes!', but , in some languages, like Russian, it still
>means 'No!'.
>Reciprocally, however, there are no languages of which I am aware,
>where the double affirmative is taken to mean 'No!'
>
>Immediately from the back of the hall came the response:
>
>"Ay, richt!"

>>I'm aye lauchin! Whaur did ye get this frae?

Thon wis fae a news group tho A canna mynd whit ane.

(Fans o Mickey moose Scots wad say 'whilk ane')

Andy the scunnersome bessom

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