The great linguistics professor was lecturing his class. The assembly included the brightest minds of the university, each one ready for him to expound the mysteries of English and its peculiar evolution.
"In English," said he, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative."
"However," the great man continued, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."
A voice from within the congregation murmured,
"Yeah, right ..."
----------------A Final Thought ...
"Language: The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure."
- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-1914?), US author, editor, cynic: The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)