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On 12/06/2015 12:48 PM, Chris wrote:
> "man" is still used as a gender neutral pronoun in German, however, for
> some reason it's frowned upon these days, just like "one" in English.
> It's considered "arrogant" and old fashioned, but it's effin useful and
> solves a lot of problems.
>
> Mind you, decisions made by those who compile dictionaries and
> "standards" are not at all based on the reality of a given language.
> Double negation exists in English (and many other languages), but it's
> stigmati(s|z)ed as being "incorrect". The vote was 5 to 4 when this
> decision was made in England. The official reasoning behind it was that
> minus + minus = plus, i.e. "I don't have no money" would mean "I do have
> money", which is complete horsesh*t. Of course it means "I don't have
> money". The real reason, of course, was class snobbery and elitism:
> double negation was and still is commonly used in working class English
> in England (and the US, I think). Ironically enough, double negation is
> obligatory in standard French, while it is not used in colloquial
> French. This shows you how arbitrary these standards are. Don't take
> them too seriously, and don't start religious wars about some eggheads'
> decisions ;)
>
> The same goes for "ain't". There's no reason why "ain't" should be "bad
> English". "I ain't got no money" is perfectly fine, although it might
> make the odd Oxbridge fellow cringe and spill his tea. But what the
> Dickens, old chap!

I must be rare, cos I ain't posh n' well educated but I deplore the use 
of double negatives in English. I might be heard t'say "I ain't got n' 
money" (cos it be true) but in that case the "n'" is the local dialect 
contraction of "any". Other areas of the UK can't use the same excuse, 
maybe they got it from us but didn't understand what we were say'n, 
which is very common, but am more inclined to blame ignorance.

Don't know anything about double negative usage in French, but I do know 
that they are a way making super polite requests in Japanese.

Lets all not not stop arguing the minutia.

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