another meaning reversal

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/26/2010 09:40 AM, Rick Barr wrote:
>The actor who said it was Rob Schneider, and the movie was *Grown-Ups*(2010):
>"I don't even hardly know them."
>(The character is referring to his daughters.)

"I don't even barely know them"?  (I don't see "hardly"as a
180-degree reversal.)

Joel

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