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Ask for help > Remind me of the joke... "yeah, right"
Remind me of the joke... "yeah, right"
colibrita
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Remind me of the joke... "yeah, right"
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Hi everyone,
A couple of months back somebody posted a cool joke about the English language. Something about a teacher telling his students that you can �t use double negatives, and two positives don �t make a negative
The punchline was a student saying "Yeah, right"
Anyone, know what on earth I am talking about????!!
Hugs
Colibrita
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8 Sep 2010
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franknbea
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Hi Colibrita,
Is this the joke?
A linguistics professor was lecturing his 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 loud voice from the back of the room piped up, �Yeah, right. � |
8 Sep 2010
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colibrita
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That �s it! Thanks Franknbea! Mua mua!
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8 Sep 2010
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anitarobi
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It �s a good one. Hadn �t heard it before... |
8 Sep 2010
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anitarobi
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Btw, I hope you won �t mind this, but since we �re on the subject of jokes...
Student ProverbsA FIRST GRADE TEACHER collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest.
As you shall make your bed so shall you..........mess it up.
Better be safe than......................punch a 5th grader.
Strike while the ..............................bug is close.
It �s always darkest before............daylight savings time.
You can lead a horse to water but.......................how?
Don �t bite the hand that........................looks dirty.
A miss is as good as a...................................Mr.
You can �t teach an old dog new.........................math.
If you lie down with the dogs, you �ll..stink in the morning.
The pen is mightier than the...........................pigs.
An idle mind is.......................the best way to relax.
Where there �s smoke, there �s......................pollution.
Happy the bride who...................gets all the presents.
A penny saved is...................................not much.
Two �s company, three �s.......................the musketeers.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you,
cry and..........................you have to blow your nose.
Children should be seen and not.........spanked or grounded.
When the blind leadeth the blind.........get out of the way.
from http://www.ahajokes.com/school_jokes.html PS: I �ll move this post soon enough if it messes up the forum, don �t worry. |
8 Sep 2010
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Amanda W
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They �re funny! Many thanks.
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8 Sep 2010
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Apodo
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Very funny! Hadn �t heard the double positive joke before - so thanks! |
8 Sep 2010
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CHARMED ONE
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A great way to start a new day!! Thanks for sharing Frank and Anita!!
I just saved them both!!
Have a nice day!! |
8 Sep 2010
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