- Maybe doch in German?
- [patronizing] Riggggght/Corrrrrect
Perhaps
German: Jein.
“ostensibly”
suuure, with this exact amount of "u"s
3 seems to be the golden rule for that kinda thing
Sorta?
“maybe”
I think op is taking about a situation where a statement/question is partially true, but also partially untrue. Like “Do some things fall faster than other things because they’re heavier?” The answer is “kinda but not really”.
“In an atmosphere” is the proper response to that question because it isn’t kinda true, it is entirely context dependent.
Maybe is more, “I don’t know, but it is possible”
maybe
In the US it’s common to say “Yeah no”.
It’s common to say it in Canada too, but it can either mean no, yes, or simply be a placeholder phrase.
It’s the Schrödinger’s Cat of utterances - you don’t know which it is until the sentence is finished/you elucidate from the broader conversational context.
Also “No yeah”. The second one applies!
Kinda
Nja in Norwegian. Nei + Ja.
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.
When sticking to German I would rather suggest a slightly bored mumbeld “Jooaa…”
Jein is different.
“Doch” is more like a logical “not” (¬).
Example:
Alice: "Bob, you don’t like apples. Bob: “Doch” (Bob likes apples)
I’ve always thought of doch as an affirmative where a negative was expected.
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.
That’s clearer, I agree.
“Let’s circle back to this”
Would “fuck you!” Fill in the void? I have a feeling that yes, Indeed it would.
Fuck you
Confirmed! LOL!
I do think it depends heavily on inflection.
It’s got to have that friendly familiar drawn out “fuuuuuuck you” that connotes “yes, you’re right”, “I disagree”, and “fuck you” simultaneously.
Well stated. Master Carlin would be proud of us.
Indubitably. Insomuch as he could be proud of anyone these days after all the many early warnings he gave rgarding the class war being the only war.
“It’s one big club. And you ain’t in it.”
We all go to the other club after we reach our expiration date. That makes me regain my confidence in natural selection.
Sort of.
Perhaps
