sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-210 days agoIs there a word for "Yess but no"?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for "Yess but no"?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-210 days agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFred die Flunder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 days ago“Doch” is more like a logical “not” (¬). Example: Alice: "Bob, you don’t like apples. Bob: “Doch” (Bob likes apples)
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoI’ve always thought of doch as an affirmative where a negative was expected.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoI 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.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoThat’s clearer, I agree.
“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.