Bizarre leaps of logicAmorous Badger says: "I once humorously suggested that someone had been internet-stalking a Big Brother contestant. They concluded that I was threatening them. What's the oddest misunderstanding you've been involved in?"
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 Dec 2013, 13:48)
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That's a problem with EnglishOther, more sensible languages, have a different "yes" for answering negative question. German has "doch" and French has "si". Am I not in trouble? Doch/si you are. Nein/non you aren't.
Japanese uses "hai" for "the last statement you made was correct" and "iie" for "the last statement you made was incorrect", regardless of whether it was a positive or a negative. Am I not in trouble? Hai, you are not in trouble. Iie, you are in trouble.
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