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Comment by chris_armstrong

3 days ago

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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decimalenough  3 days ago

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

elyobo  3 days ago

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

> How's things? > Not bad.

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