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    Didn't do Nothing

    Not to be confused with the bastardized political catchphrase used to mock sympathizers of black protests. This is the actual phrase, "didn't do nothing", which i've heard from all races.

    Why do people say this shit? "Didn't do nothing" implies that they did SOMETHING. Yet when people use it, they're proclaiming innocense.

    What kind of shit is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    What kind of shit is that?
    A basic lack of Education.

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    because i didn't do nothing.
    r.i.p. alleria. 1997-2017. blizzard ruined alleria forever. blizz assassinated alleria's character and appearance.
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    It sounds smoother from a symbolic point of view.

    didn't do nothing (or nothin' as it generally is) can flow very easily into one phrase. didn't do anything (or anythin') has a forced stop between the o and a that breaks up the word-flow. also why the g is dropped, as it's a hard sound, and the t in didn't gets smoothed over.

    in short, grammar is half as important to word flow in spoken language in a lot of situations. grammatical niceties generally find a home in written languages.

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    Comes from white rednecks, and was passed on to black rednecks. They just don't think logically I guess - if they did they'd see the double negative. (btw I think the dindu thing is more about those who sympathize with criminals who are given vigils, although that's a different topic).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanyali View Post
    It sounds smoother from a symbolic point of view.

    didn't do nothing (or nothin' as it generally is) can flow very easily into one phrase. didn't do anything (or anythin') has a forced stop between the o and a that breaks up the word-flow. also why the g is dropped, as it's a hard sound, and the t in didn't gets smoothed over.

    in short, grammar is half as important to word flow in spoken language in a lot of situations. grammatical niceties generally find a home in written languages.
    No Vanyali,

    You say what you fucking mean, you don't say what sounds the best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    No Vanyali,

    You say what you fucking mean, you don't say what sounds the best.
    Not always true in spoken language! Actually one of the reasons why language change occurs - things sound better, someone picks it up, herds of people follow, and suddenly all your major vowels shift and you're stuck with weird words like feet and foot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanyali View Post
    Not always true in spoken language! Actually one of the reasons why language change occurs - things sound better, someone picks it up, herds of people follow, and suddenly all your major vowels shift and you're stuck with weird words like feet and foot.
    Well that's stupid.

    I'm going to use the proper word for plural foots now.

    Foots

    I'm changing the world, one god damned conversation at a time.

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    It was cool in the 90s courtesy of Bart, these people are late to the trend;


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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    Well that's stupid.

    I'm going to use the proper word for plural foots now.

    Foots

    I'm changing the world, one god damned conversation at a time.
    Foots wasn't the original term, iirc - it was something like feet-i. Then the vowel shift came that determined that everything with that case system shifted to an oo sound instead of the ee. If I'm remembering right, it's late and I'm going to bed.

    That being said, you could do so quite easily if you were so inclined, and famous enough that people would follow suit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanyali View Post
    Foots wasn't the original term, iirc - it was something like feet-i. Then the vowel shift came that determined that everything with that case system shifted to an oo sound instead of the ee. If I'm remembering right, it's late and I'm going to bed.

    That being said, you could do so quite easily if you were so inclined, and famous enough that people would follow suit.
    It's going right on the list.

    Next to people taking Sharks more seriously, unlike you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    It's going right on the list.

    Next to people taking Sharks more seriously, unlike you!
    Sharks are cuddly monsters that just wanna be pet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanyali View Post
    Sharks are cuddly monsters that just wanna be pet.
    Damn you and your anthropology and femsplaining.

    Every flippin' thread!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    Damn you and your anthropology and femsplaining.

    Every flippin' thread!
    I can't help it if half your threads are explainable by anthropology and common sense! Also, here's a gif i went through the torture of going through a backlog for you:




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    Irregardless of your overexaggerating the problem here, it is what it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The BANNzoman View Post
    Well that's stupid.

    I'm going to use the proper word for plural foots now.

    Foots

    I'm changing the world, one god damned conversation at a time.
    Ugh, it's depressing to think this but some people will catch on to this if they believe you're black.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeerWolf View Post
    It was cool in the 90s courtesy of Bart, these people are late to the trend;

    best album ever.
    r.i.p. alleria. 1997-2017. blizzard ruined alleria forever. blizz assassinated alleria's character and appearance.
    i will never forgive you for this blizzard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macaquerie View Post
    Irregardless of your overexaggerating the problem here, it is what it is.
    The word you are looking for is irrigardlessly.
    Gamdwelf the Mage

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    I'm calling it, Republicans will hold congress in 2018 and Trump will win again in 2020.

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    How does it mean they did something?

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