Being a former English teacher for thirty some odd years, I always taught that when a student said, "No, teach, I didn't do nuttin'," actually meant that yes, he did do something. That was a case of a double negative leading to be positive. One time when I mentioned this, a young girl said, "Does that mean that a double positive means no?" As you might suspect, I answered, "That rule doesn't apply to double positives." That's when the boy next to her said, with a cynical tone to his voice, "Yah, right teach..."
Cultural Differences Explained:
Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad. Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad. Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad. Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad. Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates. Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club. Americans: Believe that people should look out for and take care of themselves. Canadians: Believe that it is the government's job. Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer. Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness. Canadians: Can't agree on the words, or the language, of their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing it. Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem. Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box (or Internet IRC). Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get the American channels. Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four British channels. Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain and the U.S., where everyone loves them. Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball. Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby. Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball. Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in. Americans: Spell and pronounce words differently, but still call it "English". Brits: Pronounce and spell their words correctly and call it "English". Canadians: Spell like the Americans, but pronounce like Brits. Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid. Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island. Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, and liquor in a backward country. Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, and liquor in a backward country. Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer in cans and long-necked bottles. Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer in anything! Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss by the half gallon. Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it! Americans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect. Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect. Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things. Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.
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