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chris_armstrongyesterday at 10:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

I would say Australian English relies on this negation even more than British English, to the point of being confusing without more cultural context.


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elyobotoday at 7:36 AM

Yeah, Kiwi English also, e.g. describing something as "not bad" rather than "good" is normal.

> How's things? > Not bad.

decimalenoughyesterday at 11:46 PM

Yeah nah... nah yeah, you're right.