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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Not not, no. #166241 02/23/07 07:28 AM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 22 Chicago nightotter OP stranger OP nightotter stranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 22 Chicago I have been rereading some of my favorite P.G Wodehouse, which covers a period between 1915 to 1935. On several occasions he used NO in a sentence I would normally have used NOT. For instance: Whether or no he is a fascist is beside the point. Is this specifically English or of a period that eventually evolved into NOT? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Not not, no. nightotter 02/23/07 07:28 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) nightotter 02/23/07 07:33 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) themilum 02/23/07 08:39 AM Re: Not not, no. (solved) BranShea 02/23/07 06:59 PM Re: Not not, no. (solved) dalehileman 02/23/07 09:40 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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