Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo

agnos.is Forums

  1. Home
  2. Ask Lemmy
  3. Is there a word for "Yess but no"?

Is there a word for "Yess but no"?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Ask Lemmy
asklemmy
37 Posts 30 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • S [email protected]
    • Maybe doch in German?
    • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
    R This user is from outside of this forum
    R This user is from outside of this forum
    [email protected]
    wrote last edited by
    #6

    Sort of.

    1 Reply Last reply
    2
    • B [email protected]

      I think a fitting substitute would be Jein/Jain, coming from combining Ja(Yes) with Nein(No). Although I feel it doesn't perfectly match the 'but' part, It feels close enough that it's the only thing I could think of.

      M This user is from outside of this forum
      M This user is from outside of this forum
      [email protected]
      wrote last edited by
      #7

      When sticking to German I would rather suggest a slightly bored mumbeld "Jooaa..."

      Jein is different.

      1 Reply Last reply
      3
      • S [email protected]
        • Maybe doch in German?
        • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
        asudox@lemmy.asudox.devA This user is from outside of this forum
        asudox@lemmy.asudox.devA This user is from outside of this forum
        [email protected]
        wrote last edited by
        #8

        My prof usually says "jain", which is "ja" and "nein" merged.

        1 Reply Last reply
        10
        • S [email protected]
          • Maybe doch in German?
          • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
          Z This user is from outside of this forum
          Z This user is from outside of this forum
          [email protected]
          wrote last edited by
          #9

          Mal sehen

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • S [email protected]
            • Maybe doch in German?
            • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
            kolanaki@pawb.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
            kolanaki@pawb.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
            [email protected]
            wrote last edited by
            #10

            Ní in spanish.

            Jein in German.

            Nór in Faroese.

            1 Reply Last reply
            3
            • S [email protected]
              • Maybe doch in German?
              • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
              N This user is from outside of this forum
              N This user is from outside of this forum
              [email protected]
              wrote last edited by
              #11

              Nja in Norwegian. Nei + Ja.

              1 Reply Last reply
              2
              • S [email protected]
                • Maybe doch in German?
                • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                Q This user is from outside of this forum
                Q This user is from outside of this forum
                [email protected]
                wrote last edited by
                #12

                Yeah, right.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • S [email protected]
                  • Maybe doch in German?
                  • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                  langweiligeflunder@feddit.orgL This user is from outside of this forum
                  langweiligeflunder@feddit.orgL This user is from outside of this forum
                  [email protected]
                  wrote last edited by [email protected]
                  #13

                  "Doch" is more like a logical "not" (¬).

                  Example:

                  Alice: "Bob, you don't like apples.
                  Bob: "Doch" (Bob likes apples)

                  C 1 Reply Last reply
                  2
                  • S [email protected]
                    • Maybe doch in German?
                    • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                    roofuskit@lemmy.worldR This user is from outside of this forum
                    roofuskit@lemmy.worldR This user is from outside of this forum
                    [email protected]
                    wrote last edited by
                    #14

                    In the US it's common to say "Yeah no".

                    B cracks_inthewalls@sh.itjust.worksC 2 Replies Last reply
                    5
                    • S [email protected]
                      • Maybe doch in German?
                      • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                      dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
                      dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
                      [email protected]
                      wrote last edited by [email protected]
                      #15

                      Yeahnah.

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      3
                      • langweiligeflunder@feddit.orgL [email protected]

                        "Doch" is more like a logical "not" (¬).

                        Example:

                        Alice: "Bob, you don't like apples.
                        Bob: "Doch" (Bob likes apples)

                        C This user is from outside of this forum
                        C This user is from outside of this forum
                        [email protected]
                        wrote last edited by
                        #16

                        I've always thought of doch as an affirmative where a negative was expected.

                        meekah@lemmy.worldM 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • C [email protected]

                          I've always thought of doch as an affirmative where a negative was expected.

                          meekah@lemmy.worldM This user is from outside of this forum
                          meekah@lemmy.worldM This user is from outside of this forum
                          [email protected]
                          wrote last edited by
                          #17

                          I don't think its about the expectation of a negative, but rather it specifically disagrees with a previous negative, saying it is in fact positive. Doesn't work with disagreement in general, only when the challenged statement was negative.

                          C 1 Reply Last reply
                          2
                          • meekah@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

                            I don't think its about the expectation of a negative, but rather it specifically disagrees with a previous negative, saying it is in fact positive. Doesn't work with disagreement in general, only when the challenged statement was negative.

                            C This user is from outside of this forum
                            C This user is from outside of this forum
                            [email protected]
                            wrote last edited by
                            #18

                            That's clearer, I agree.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • S [email protected]
                              • Maybe doch in German?
                              • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                              A This user is from outside of this forum
                              A This user is from outside of this forum
                              [email protected]
                              wrote last edited by
                              #19

                              Would "fuck you!" Fill in the void? I have a feeling that yes, Indeed it would.

                              S 1 Reply Last reply
                              3
                              • S [email protected]
                                • Maybe doch in German?
                                • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                                M This user is from outside of this forum
                                M This user is from outside of this forum
                                [email protected]
                                wrote last edited by [email protected]
                                #20

                                Ahhh yeah naww

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                2
                                • S [email protected]
                                  • Maybe doch in German?
                                  • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                                  G This user is from outside of this forum
                                  G This user is from outside of this forum
                                  [email protected]
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #21

                                  maybe....just maybe.

                                  T W 2 Replies Last reply
                                  2
                                  • S [email protected]
                                    • Maybe doch in German?
                                    • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                                    A This user is from outside of this forum
                                    A This user is from outside of this forum
                                    [email protected]
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #22

                                    "fine...whatever."

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    2
                                    • S [email protected]
                                      • Maybe doch in German?
                                      • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                                      T This user is from outside of this forum
                                      T This user is from outside of this forum
                                      [email protected]
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #23

                                      For some reason, I'm never successful at linking to specific times in YouTube videos (yes, I tried &t=35s), but try about 35 seconds into this:

                                      https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9k1fGypyEo

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      1
                                      • S [email protected]
                                        • Maybe doch in German?
                                        • [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
                                        S This user is from outside of this forum
                                        S This user is from outside of this forum
                                        [email protected]
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #24

                                        "Could do."

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        2
                                        • G [email protected]

                                          maybe....just maybe.

                                          T This user is from outside of this forum
                                          T This user is from outside of this forum
                                          [email protected]
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #25

                                          are you gonna answer the question?

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups