Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoSaying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.message-square50fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1message-squareSaying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.Karcinogen@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleo85811nardo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-21 year ago“Hey you want some potato chips?” “Potato chip sounds good” => Yes please “I’m good” => No thanks Messed me up all the time first time came to the US. Why use positive response for rejection?
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minus-squarehelmet91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTo me it usually goes like this: “No.” Or sometimes: “Nope.” Or when I’m feeling polite: “No, thanks.”
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year ago“I’m good” here means “My situation is good” means “I have what I need already”
“Hey you want some potato chips?”
Messed me up all the time first time came to the US. Why use positive response for rejection?
Saying no is hard in all languages
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To me it usually goes like this:
“No.”
Or sometimes:
“Nope.”
Or when I’m feeling polite:
“No, thanks.”
“I’m good” here means “My situation is good” means “I have what I need already”