What is wrong (if anything) with the phrase "it don't mean nothing"?

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The grammaticality of “that don’t impress me much”
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I've noticed that sometimes people say "It don't mean nothing". But I would expect to hear "It doesn't mean anything" or at least "It doesn't mean nothing".

Could anyone clarify why is that? Or it's totally OK to say that?

Here is an example from the movie "Hamburger Hill", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ernKt7JpNfM

Not exactly.. I'm mostly interested in "don't" vs. "doesn't" part. — Pavel, Dec 12 '12 at 19:30
It's a dialectical variant, African-American or rural Southern, in which the double negative is used in ordinary as an intensifier or even just mere affirmation. — Robusto, Dec 12 '12 at 19:34
Right. This is Negative Concord, which is normal in most languages (Sp No sé nada, Fr Je ne regrette rien) but not in formal English. Formal English uses Negative Polarity instead. — John Lawler, Dec 12 '12 at 19:44

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Looks like I found an answer, though I couldn't find it by searching before.

The question is a duplicate of The grammaticality of "that don't impress me much"

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38

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answered Dec 12 '12 at 19:52

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What is wrong (if anything) with the phrase "it don't mean nothing"?

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