Rozaŭtuno to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agoHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1864arrow-down142cross-posted to: whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1822arrow-down1imageHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldRozaŭtuno to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agomessage-square138fedilinkcross-posted to: whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
minus-square@F04118F@feddit.nllinkfedilink2•6 days agoNobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
minus-squareoce 🐆link3•6 days agoFormally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
minus-square@F04118F@feddit.nllinkfedilink2•6 days agoOf course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s
Nobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
Formally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
Of course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s