← Back to context Comment by tomlockwood 3 days ago As an Australian can I just say of this article: yeah nah 5 comments tomlockwood Reply astrange 3 days ago 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=30758Might be Scottish. tomlockwood 3 days ago Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc. astrange 3 days ago This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.) 1 reply → deadlyllama 3 days ago As a New Zealander, I can say: it's not bad.
astrange 3 days ago 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=30758Might be Scottish. tomlockwood 3 days ago Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc. astrange 3 days ago This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.) 1 reply →
tomlockwood 3 days ago Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc. astrange 3 days ago This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.) 1 reply →
astrange 3 days ago This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.) 1 reply →
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.
Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc.
This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.
(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.)
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As a New Zealander, I can say: it's not bad.