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Ccrussell

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I am hearing this saying on the streets, as well as on TV;
They say, “Not for Nothing” or pronounced “Not for Nuttin” .
I am born and raised in NewYork, but could someone explain what this even means? Haha,
 
I think we used to say; " not for a million bucks", when asked or told what to do, and we were totally against it. Or, "I wouldn't do that for all the gold in Ft. Knox"
Ima guessing they are related.
But since it's a double negative, maybe it just means
" pay me something, I ain't doing it for nothing."
IDK, jus guessing.
 
Not for all the gold in Fort Knox is equal to not for nuthin. Gold is all gone from Fort Knox.
 
AJ/FormS said:
I think we used to say; " not for a million bucks", when asked or told what to do, and we were totally against it. Or, "I wouldn't do that for all the gold in Ft. Knox"
Ima guessing they are related.
But since it's a double negative, maybe it just means
" pay me something, I ain't doing it for nothing."
IDK, jus guessing.
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Ha Ha. These young people today don't even know what a double negative is. When I got out of the Air Force, I worked as a Western Auto Assistant Manager for five years while I went back to school. One day one of my guys said he wasn't going to lunch because, "I aint got no money." I said how much do you have. He repeated "I aint got no money." I tried to explain to him that he was using a double, but after about five minutes I gave up.
 
Correct language means squat these days. People can't even spell correctly anymore and when they talk they're always talking up. We were taught that you talk up when asking a question. What happened to adjectives? Hardly used anymore. How many times have you heard "so fun"? What happened to "so much fun"?
Kids today, if they don't don't have their phones with them they are totally lost and don't like to talk much face to face. They'd rather text. Everybody is a winner and gets atrophy whether you win or lose because little Johnny might get upset. Well wake up buttercup because you're in a for a big surprise in the real world.
 
I am also from NY, western side. I have alway used the phrase “not for nothing” in the context of say, adding a little but noticeable detail. Or if you were to add an interesting tidbit at the end of a sentence. “And not for nothin, but they stopped that copper interior in 67”
 
harrisonm said:
I tried to explain to him that he was using a double, but after about five minutes I gave up.
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I ain't got no too much patience/time for some people, especially those with super-duper bad halitosis.
It's always a pleasure to read some guy's posts here who do have a broad vocabulary, because it is easier to read the correct meaning, which can sometimes be difficult when you are not face to face.
When Moses was conversating up on that mountain, there was no mistakes in understanding, and we got the FiveBooks out of that; literally, our Creator's very words, recorded, for us to study.
And today, historians, scholars, and even seminaries, want to question that authority by their own interpretation; as if it had not been made clear enough.
Or how about punctuation? When you are face-to-face, punctuation is a very effective tool, in the transfer of ideas and knowledge, which does not immediately jump off the pages when you read it. By the simple mistake of omitting a comma or placing it poorly, entire concepts can be misconstrued.
Or inflection, which can really muddy the waters. Even culture, on paper, can be a hurdle.
Yakno, there are a couple of guys on FABO, that no matter what they post, I will read it, because I will learn something. If nothing else I might make a trip or two to the dictionary. And there a couple of guys on FABO, that can't get cents out of pennies, not for nuttin'.
 
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AJ/FormS said:
I ain't got no too much patience/time for some people, especially those with super-duper bad halitosis.
It's always a pleasure to read some guy's posts here who do have a broad vocabulary, because it is easier to read the correct meaning, which can sometimes be difficult when you are not face to face.
When Moses was conversating up on that mountain, there was no mistakes in understanding, and we got the FiveBooks out of that; literally, our Creator's very words, recorded, for us to study.
And today, historians, scholars, and even seminaries, want to question that authority by their own interpretation; as if it had not been made clear enough.
Or how about punctuation? When you are face-to-face, punctuation is a very effective tool, in the transfer of ideas and knowledge, which does not immediately jump off the pages when you read it. By the simple mistake of omitting a comma or placing it poorly, entire concepts can be misconstrued.
Or inflection, which can really muddy the waters. Even culture, on paper, can be a hurdle.
Yakno, there are a couple of guys on FABO, that no matter what they post, I will read it, because I will learn something. If nothing else I might make a trip or two to the dictionary. And there a couple of guys on FABO, that can't get cents out of pennies, not for nuttin'.
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Okay,
Got it now. But not for nuttin, probably won’t add it to my vocabulary anyway. Sounds , well not that bright.
Thanks
 
Mark Wainwright said:
Correct language means squat these days. People can't even spell correctly anymore and when they talk they're always talking up. We were taught that you talk up when asking a question. What happened to adjectives? Hardly used anymore. How many times have you heard "so fun"? What happened to "so much fun"?
Kids today, if they don't don't have their phones with them they are totally lost and don't like to talk much face to face. They'd rather text. Everybody is a winner and gets atrophy whether you win or lose because little Johnny might get upset. Well wake up buttercup because you're in a for a big surprise in the real world.
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Not the best speller language arts not my best subject. I try hard spell check a good thing but I found when I got a phone that could text there was a completely new language to learn. My youngest sent me my first text in it he used abbreviation IDK. Puzzled I text him back, what does that mean? He replied I don’t know. To which I replied what do you mean you don’t know you texted it to me. It’s the times and equipment we have that shape our language. If you look in dictionary, ya an actual printed paper book the word EH is there definition waiting for a response. My grandma would have had a problem with that.
 
Ahoey said:
Not the best speller language arts not my best subject. I try hard spell check a good thing but I found when I got a phone that could text there was a completely new language to learn. My youngest sent me my first text in it he used abbreviation IDK. Puzzled I text him back, what does that mean? He replied I don’t know. To which I replied what do you mean you don’t know you texted it to me. It’s the times and equipment we have that shape our language. If you look in dictionary, ya an actual printed paper book the word EH is there definition waiting for a response. My grandma would have had a problem with that.
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That's funny. Can you imagine 50 years ago telling your parents we'd be having a mobile phone, texting and sending pictures through the internet and the phone corrects your spelling? They'd have said we were crazy. All these electronics devices are wonderful tools but we've lost the art of talking to each other. Take time to put them down and enjoy the real world.
 
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Mark Wainwright said:
That's funny. Can you imagine 50 years ago telling your parents we'd be having a mobile phone, texting and sending pictures through the internet and the phone corrects your spelling? They'd have said we were crazy. All these electronics devices are wonderful tools but we've lost the art of talking to each other. Take time to put them down and enjoy the real world.
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my old man worked maintenance on telephone equipment in office. When Star Trek came out with the flip phone communicators. He told me I would see that in my lifetime. So not my parents by my grandparents. They went from no electricity and horses for farm work to man on the moon. Amazing
 
Mark Wainwright said:
That's funny. Can you imagine 50 years ago telling your parents we'd be having a mobile phone, texting and sending pictures through the internet and the phone corrects your spelling? They'd have said we were crazy. All these electronics devices are wonderful tools but we've lost the art of talking to each other. Take time to put them down and enjoy the real world.
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