January 2010
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A Lecture about English:
somethingintellectual:
A linguistics professor was lecturing to his English class one day. “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
“Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown but...”
– And perhaps just 1 muscle to raise a middle finger (via killightstitches) (via shutup-andkissme)
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
– Jane Austen (via buildcoffins) (via aseriesofserendipities)
“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...”
– Rene Descartes, Le Discours de la Methode (via prunelle) (via semicolonlove) (via teatime-with-nikki) (via taperjeangurl) (via quitecheeky)
“She’s not the type of girl to wait by the phone, she won’t cry, she knows it’ll...”
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December 2009
57 posts
