I don't wanna hold nobody if I can't be holdin' you
I don't wanna kiss nobody if I can't be kissin' you
Good ol' double negative. I had to laugh imagining him singing the logical equivalent "I wanna kiss somebody if I can't be kissin' you."
Samstag, November 03, 2007
Just was listening to last.fm (Stephi wanted the R&B channel) and the song "Nobody" was playing by somebody called Shawn Desman. The chorus is
Good ol' double negative. I had to laugh imagining him singing the logical equivalent "I wanna kiss somebody if I can't be kissin' you."
Good ol' double negative. I had to laugh imagining him singing the logical equivalent "I wanna kiss somebody if I can't be kissin' you."
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Actually it would be "I wanna kiss everybody if I can't be kissin' you." woudln't it ?
Nope, not wanting to kiss noone doesn't necessarily mean wanting to kiss everyone, rather it just means wanting to kiss not noone which is only one or more people, not everyone.
you need a job, a heavy mortgage hanging over your head, a honey-do list to end all lists, 2 kids about to go into expensive colleges, and two older cars, both with transmission problems...then...when you listen to the radio you will drift off and enjoy the artists rather than be a pedantic English Purist... (oh..did I say all that out loud? my bad!)
Wow, the word "pedantic" is pretty impressive. :)
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