Timeline for Is it okay to say "Yes no, I don't want to"?
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 20:26 | answer | added | Hazel | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 12, 2013 at 13:17 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/301319015358406657 | ||
| Feb 7, 2013 at 20:51 | comment | added | aedia λ | People do say "Yeah, no" in conversations in American English (yes, no is not used the same way). "Do you feel like going?" "Yeah, no, I don't really want to." would be normal for me, but I would not say yes, no in its place. | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 17:37 | history | edited | ctype.h | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2013 at 12:06 | history | edited | ЯegDwight |
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| Feb 1, 2013 at 11:03 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @JamesJiao It's an old Russian anecdote, a phrase "Yes no, maybe" is grammatically correct because "Yes" = "well", and "maybe" can be translated "I'm in doubt". So the entire phrase means "Well I'm not sure, but probably {the answer is} negative". | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 9:38 | comment | added | deutschZuid | I am confused by this question? Would someone be able to edit it to clarify? | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 6:29 | vote | accept | Артем Иванов | ||
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| Feb 1, 2013 at 6:24 | answer | added | ctype.h | timeline score: 12 | |
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| Feb 1, 2013 at 5:46 | answer | added | Hellion | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 5:34 | history | asked | Артем Иванов | CC BY-SA 3.0 |