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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:12 PM Mar 2017

Did you hear this one?

A linguistics professor says during a lecture that, "In English, a double negative forms a positive. But in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, in no language in the world can a double positive form a negative."

But then a voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

17 jokes that only smart people will really appreciate

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Did you hear this one? (Original Post) yallerdawg Mar 2017 OP
Ha, love it! TeapotInATempest Mar 2017 #1
Clever! True Dough Mar 2017 #2
I'm sure DU'ers are particularly familiar with... yallerdawg Mar 2017 #3
I have another favorite. bigmonkey Mar 2017 #4
There are 2 kinds of people in the world, Thor_MN Mar 2017 #5
DO HO HOHOHO Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #6

True Dough

(17,303 posts)
2. Clever!
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 01:21 PM
Mar 2017

A linguistics joke that requires "tone" told via the Internet and it immediately hits its mark. GREAT SUCCESS!!!

bigmonkey

(1,798 posts)
4. I have another favorite.
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 07:09 PM
Mar 2017

There are 10 kinds of people in the world -- those who understand binary, and those who don't.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
5. There are 2 kinds of people in the world,
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 09:01 PM
Mar 2017

those that can draw inferences from incomplete information

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