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

[Jonathan Lighter]

Moments ago


ME: Putin has already endorsed him.

CHICAGO ATTORNEY:  No, no, they'll be compadres.

It was clear to me that "compadres" emphasized what I'd said and didn't
contradict it.

In fact, the same speaker used the "No!" idiom a number of times. This was
the easiest to remember, though.

JL

On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this a variant?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5GSq4Hea6E
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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