The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

[HVC]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

No, yeah I get what you're saying, but yeah, no, it still confuses a lot of people.

both are used in Ontario. Confuses new comers

[The Larch]

What about "yeah, no, yeah"?

[grumbler]

I will add a third expression to my list of linguistic fights my side has lost.  I heard an interviewee use "yeah, no" on NPR.  The other two are spot on and I mean....

Not "be advised?"  I hate that one far more than any of your three.

[FunkMonk]

I mean, can't you just live and let live?

[Syt]

I will add a third expression to my list of linguistic fights my side has lost.  I heard an interviewee use "yeah, no" on NPR.  The other two are spot on and I mean....

"Yeah, no" (Or rather "Ja, nein" or "Ja, nee") has been quite common in German everyday language since I was a kid, and it's gotten some strong reactions from some sticklers in the past, too

[Eddie Teach]

I mean, can't you just live and let live?

Not in this ever-changing world in which we're living.

[Admiral Yi]

Gay club in Colorado Springs shot up. 5 dead.

[Habbaku]

MAGA fuckhead is the culprit, almost predictably by this point.

[The Brain]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

Who is Dr. Johnston?

[Josquius]

I've just discovered live train maps of the UK exist now.

https://www.map.signalbox.io/?train=202211217677594&[email protected],-0.6149,10Z

[grumbler]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

Who is Dr. Johnston?

That would presumably be Samuel Johnston, a very famous British lexicographer.

[Maladict]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

Who is Dr. Johnston?

That would presumably be Samuel Johnston, a very famous British lexicographer.

The one who famously misspelled his own name. At least that's what I assume Brain was referring to.
He also forgot aardvark in his dictionary.

[Sheilbh]

I've just discovered live train maps of the UK exist now.

https://www.map.signalbox.io/?train=202211217677594&[email protected],-0.6149,10Z

[The Brain]

Now use "no, yeah" to really confuse people

I strive for the same precision and clarity of meaning as Dr. Johnston.

Who is Dr. Johnston?

That would presumably be Samuel Johnston, a very famous British lexicographer.

The one who famously misspelled his own name. At least that's what I assume Brain was referring to.
He also forgot aardvark in his dictionary.