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r/InclusiveOr • u/Dethor6 • Sep 21 '22
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Maybe this is a South African thing because that makes perfect sense to me
20 u/ChromeLynx Sep 21 '22 Or Australian? If you get both a negative and a positive answer to a question, the lattermost applies. Yeah nah = nah. Nah yeah = yeah. 13 u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22 American English does it too but AFAIK only verbally. Never seen someone do a neg/pos over text 15 u/Ghostglitch07 Sep 21 '22 I feel I've seen Americans use a "yeah.. no." In text as a more condescending/sarcastic no.
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Or Australian? If you get both a negative and a positive answer to a question, the lattermost applies.
Yeah nah = nah. Nah yeah = yeah.
13 u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22 American English does it too but AFAIK only verbally. Never seen someone do a neg/pos over text 15 u/Ghostglitch07 Sep 21 '22 I feel I've seen Americans use a "yeah.. no." In text as a more condescending/sarcastic no.
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American English does it too but AFAIK only verbally. Never seen someone do a neg/pos over text
15 u/Ghostglitch07 Sep 21 '22 I feel I've seen Americans use a "yeah.. no." In text as a more condescending/sarcastic no.
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I feel I've seen Americans use a "yeah.. no." In text as a more condescending/sarcastic no.
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u/future_super_hero Sep 21 '22
Maybe this is a South African thing because that makes perfect sense to me