Ain't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?
(cos it's confused me, and I'm the one asking it!)
2006-06-21 23:30:24 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You want it literally untangled? Here goes - it's a tricky one because you can't tell which negative pairs with which:
Ain't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?
Ain't you going to answer some of these questions no more?
Are you going to answer some of these questions ...more?
Are you going to keep answering these questions? yes
try again
Ain't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?
Are you going to answer none of these questions no more?
Are you going to answer some of these questions ...more?
comes out the same! whack. Once more for luck:
Ain't you going to not answer none of these questions no more?
Are you going to not answer none of these questions...more?
...same again!
Ergo, Dorypanda is logical despite her legendary forgetfulness and evolutionary stubbornness (bamboo shoots... I ask you...)
Yes, despite my best efforts, I am.
2006-06-22 01:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Are you going to answer any of these questions any more. That is what the sentence is translated as if you work out all the negatives. Yes it does make sense but I had to read it 3 times to make sure. You know how good I am at these things!
2006-06-22 16:06:58 · answer #2 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
ain't = are you not
so it is
are you not (drop the next YOU) going to answer ANY (from the NONE) of the questions anymore?
Since i answered you, i have answered another question so.
my answer is NO because i am answering questions.
YES which in slang would become NAhhhh.
would technically be an answer but one short enougth to
no not count as long as no other answers are given...
Time for a coffee now loL!
2006-06-22 06:40:31 · answer #3 · answered by Banderes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arent you not going to answer any of these questions anymore?
Yes it makes scence.
By the way, here it is 6:30 am and i noticed that nobody answers the questions past like 4:30
2006-06-22 06:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't you going to answer these questions anymore?
Bad grammar, you have too many negatives in the sentence and 'ain't' isn't a word... oh I'm boring myself!
2006-06-22 06:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Empea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally, you would simply say: "Please answer the question below." Inclusion of the word "actual" implies (at least to me) that the question is sort of a trick - if you don't read it very carefully, you're apt to do something or answer differently than if you read more carefully and did exactly as requested. So the statement may be taken as an admonition to "Please read the question below very carefully and do exactly as it asks".
2006-06-22 08:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the question has FOUR negative uses they cancel each other out.... so you are asking "Are you going to answer any of these questions anymore"?
And since I've replied, the answer must be "yes"!
2006-06-22 06:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by Geoff M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes no sense. In English we learned to not use double negatives, but I believe this is an example of a quadruple negative and terrible English!
2006-06-22 06:37:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
aren't you going to not answer none of the questions no more?
are not you not going to answer none of these questions no more?
two negatives make a positive so:
are you going to answer any of these questions any more?
Is this what you meant to ask?
2006-06-22 07:23:48 · answer #9 · answered by Finn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you not going to not answer none of these questions any more is a little simpler
Right if you are not going to not answer it means you are not going to answer none of the questions which means you are going to answer at least one of the questions still
*HUGE EXPLOSION* (Aaargh my head exploded)
2006-06-22 16:56:39 · answer #10 · answered by Mummy of 2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋