On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:07:57AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:18:55 -0800
> Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:
>
> > Quoting Didier Kryn (kryn@???):
> >
> > >     Just to remind, if you forgot it.
> > >
> > >     There's one known case where double positive means negative:
> > > C++
> >

> >    "Yeah, yeah."

> >
> > (The gag may not travel well, so: At least in some USA regions,
> > the phrase "Yeah, yeah" is something of a dismissive phrase with
> > meaning at least bordering on denial.)
>
> Here's what I want to know...
>
> Why is the first word of any answer to any question asked of self
> defined intellectuals "so"?

To give them time to think.

-- hendrik

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