[Ads-l] No = 'yes; truly'

[Joel Berson]

The Donald was trumped by the character in "The Vicar of Dibley" (Jim Trott?) who often expressed his opinion on some issue as "No, no, no, no. no -- yes".

Joel


      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 7:15 AM
 Subject: [ADS-L] No = 'yes; truly'
   
We've discussed the recently pervasive "Yeah, no" phenomenon.  Here's the
next step. Addressing the California GOP Convention, Donald Trump announced
that his delegate count had just "cracked the one-thousand number."

He then asked rhetorically, "Which is great, right?"

Responding to cheers and applause, he said, "No, it's great."

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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