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Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
Front-Ranger:
As I recall, all of the characters used the double negative quite often. That was one of their hallmarks. There was even a double positive that added up to a negative, as when Alma said, "Sure enough."
CellarDweller:
lmao! Such debate over the line! :)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 19, 2017, 10:40:33 pm ---As I recall, all of the characters used the double negative quite often. That was one of their hallmarks.
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That's what I mean. The rural Wyoming characters did, but I'm assuming Chuck doesn't. If I suddenly did it when quoting a Brokieism, non-Brokie listeners would think it pretty odd.
Have you heard the one about the professor lecturing that people use two negatives to mean a positive, there is no case in English where two positives mean a negative. "Yeah, right," a student remarks.
CellarDweller:
Well, like I said before, I couldn't remember the exact line, so I gave an approximation.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 22, 2017, 04:44:20 pm ---Well, like I said before, I couldn't remember the exact line, so I gave an approximation.
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"Approximations" only count in horseshoes and hand grenades. ;D
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