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tomlockwoodyesterday at 9:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

As an Australian can I just say of this article: yeah nah


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astrangeyesterday at 10:44 PM

One thing I remember from languagelog is that almost all English speakers have a form of "yeah no" and they all think they invented it.

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30758

Might be Scottish.

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deadlyllamayesterday at 9:11 PM

As a New Zealander, I can say: it's not bad.