its been puzzling me and a group of mates for a while now, in the song livin on my own, freddie says he dont have no time for no mnkey business, the thing is, thats a double negative, so what we need to know is, did he or didnt he have time for a bit of the old monkey business?
any help is greatly appreciated.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
its clear from the lyrics......he didnt not have no time for no monkey business.....come on now! lol
Scirocco1977 · Member since
The double no is simply a rhetoric mode for emphasizing the said thing. Hence, he had NO time for it.
"I ain't got no money" means I don't have money. You just stress the fact.
mr-farrokh-bulsara-esq · Member since
it really isnt too clear though, i mean he says he DONT have NO time for NO monkery business, so he could have had plenty of time. it really is confusing
Teo_torriate04 · Member since
I would respectfully suggest that you and your mates should get out more !
Serry... · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]mr-farrokh-bulsara-esq wrote: [/QUOTENAME]it really isnt too clear though, i mean he says he DONT have NO time for NO monkery business, so he could have had plenty of time. it really is confusing[/QUOTE]
You'd better ask this guys who made English language. If this line would be translated into Russian - word by word - the line would be sounds pretty strange.
*JAZZ* · Member since
o.k............
dave2005 · Member since
Double negatives are just a slangy way of expressing negation. I dont have no time for no monkey business = he didnt have any time for it :)
Bohardy · Member since
Well clearly he didn't have time for monkey-business, since "I DON'T have NO time for NO monkey-business" is a TRIPLE NEGATIVE.
[StArMaN] · Member since
It's like Pink Floyd's " We don't need no education "
mr-farrokh-bulsara-esq · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bohardy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Well clearly he didn't have time for monkey-business, since "I DON'T have NO time for NO monkey-business" is a TRIPLE NEGATIVE.
[/QUOTE]
ahh you're correct then, he had a lot of time for doing no monkey business, case solved, thank you!
but he didnt say he never did any monkey business in the past, so the case is still open i say. as he was talking in present tense.
dave2005 · Member since
Depends on what you call monkey business ... I think he just wrote a song to make it clear - with a triple negative - that he definitely doesnt have any time for any monkey business.
Anyway, he wrote a song about TIME - its called Time.
jim_jenkins4life · Member since
i wonder if jonathan fletcher has any time for no MONKEY business?
what do you think?
teleman · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]jim_jenkins4life wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
i wonder if jonathan fletcher has any time for no MONKEY business?
what do you think?[/QUOTE]
I think you are a necrophile, pointlessly digging up a dead thread.
john bodega · Member since
Some quarters would say we're all necrophiles for digging up a dead band!
