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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: Re: Yes or No?
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 02:38:58 GMT
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Kenneth Nilsson <kenneth@dicom.se> says:
:	[...]  In Swedish we have a spacial "YES"  (= JO
: (!)) to  a negative question.

: - "Do you like it?"  - Ja! 
: - "Don't you like it?" - Jo!
: - "Do you like it?" - Nej!
: - "Don't you like it?" - Nej!

In French, the word is "si".  (Which means that when the cartoon
Inspector Clouseau told his Spanish sidekick "don't say si, say oui,"
sometimes he was wrong!)  I never did learn to use it properly.
-- 
  disclaimer: the above is likely to refer to anecdotal evidence.
Anton Sherwood   *\\*   +1 415 267 0685   *\\*   DASher@netcom.com
	   vote Libertarian: guaranteed 66.6% less evil
