yeah, no

Ann Burlingham ann at BURLINGHAMBOOKS.COM
Mon Jul 30 06:18:20 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> One more "Yeah, no", but this one seems different.
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> http://goo.gl/ALskj
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> It's a pic, so you'll have to click through...

that's not a "yeah no", it's a "yeah no duh". "no duh" is common
enough to have a band named "no duh".

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/no_duh

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