[Dixielandjazz] Double negatives

[Mike Durham]

What's a man on Tesco-net doing shopping at Safeways? Do Tesco know about 
this? I think they should be told!

Mike D


>From: Burt  Wilson <futurecon at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Burt Wilson <futurecon at earthlink.net>
>To: John Farrell <stridepiano at tesco.net>, 
>DJML<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Double negatives
>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:00:12 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>
>Said Mr. Wong to Mrs. Wong: "Two Wongs don't make a white."
>"Ah," said Mrs. Wong, "but Occidentals do happen."
>Burt
>Sorry, but your e-mail popped this into my mind.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Farrell <stridepiano at tesco.net>
>Sent: Oct 29, 2003 9:58 AM
>To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Double negatives
>
>Listening to the radio today while attempting to coax the reluctant cork 
>out
>of a bottle of "buy one, get one free" Chardonnay from Safeways, two
>grammatically challenged tunes were played in succession - I Ain't Got
>Nobody and I Can't Get No Satisfaction. Given that two negatives make a
>positive, but more importantly to protect future generations from the use
>faulty English, shouldn't these tunes be retitled I've Got Somebody and I'm
>Satisfied?
>
>Does Tony Blair know about this evil in our midst?
>
>John Farrell
>http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>
>
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