Double positive -> negative

[sammy]

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.
"In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive.

In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is
still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double
positive can form a negative."

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

We have this in Finnish as well, by the way. "joo joo" can, depending on the situation and the way you say it, mean either a truly affirmative "yes" - or "yeah right".



-"I swear it wasn't me, some guys just suddenly came out of the forest and set our sauna on fire!"
-"Joo joo."

[sinikettu]

-"I swear it wasn't me, some guys just suddenly came out of the forest and set our sauna on fire!"
-"Joo joo."

But dont forget that the together with Joo Joo...adds to the negative factor..

[Angelica]

In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is
still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double
positive can form a negative."

Not necessarily - saying "net-net!" as an exclamation, easily turns to a positive.