Slacker News Slacker News logo featuring a lazy sloth with a folded newspaper hat
  • top
  • new
  • show
  • ask
  • jobs
Library
← Back to context

Comment by karim79

12 hours ago

I would add that a lot of us who were born or grew up in the UK are quite comfortable saying stuff like "you're right, but...", or even "I agree with you, but...". The British politeness thing, presumably.

1 comment

karim79

Reply

PaulDavisThe1st  11 hours ago

0-24 in the UK, 24-62 in the USA, am now comfortable saying "I could be wrong, but I doubt it" quite a lot of the time :)

Slacker News

Product

  • API Reference
  • Hacker News RSS
  • Source on GitHub

Community

  • Support Ukraine
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • GiveWell Charities