Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?
Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?
Like isn't that probable cause saying that you did something?
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There are languages (e.g. Spanish) where a double negative is still understood as a negative.
Standard varieties of English aren't among them, but some dialects are.
The same is also true in German.
How would that work in German? I'm trying to figure it out, but can't come up with anything
in some Austrian/Bavarian dialects people say things like "i hob koa Gööd ned" which translated word-for-word to Standard German is "ich habe kein Geld nicht".
Oh sure! I've heard that before, I wouldn't say it's common though. Thanks for expanding!
Even in Spanish, some double negatives are underestood as negatives, like "I didn't do anything" (yo no hice nada)