[Ads-l] "He shook his head yes."

[Barretts Mail]

I recall getting corrected in a writing group on either shook or nod a couple years back. I was told that one is only for “no" and the other only for “yes".

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 27 May 2017, at 11:39, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I've heard this several times. As if you couldn't guess,  on TV.
> 
> JL
> 
> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> As he said this, the speaker mimed *nodding* his head yes, of course.
>> 
>> This is no new thing, in my experience. Is "nod" going the way of "farther"
>> and "-l[ai]ved"?
>> 
>> --
>> -Wilson
>> 

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