On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:07:57AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:18:55 -0800 > Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote: > > > Quoting Didier Kryn (k...@in2p3.fr): > > > > > 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"?
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