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Autore: Simon Walter
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To: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] double negative
On 12/26/20 2:31 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> 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.
>



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