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The architecture of “not bad”: Decoding the Chinese source code of the void

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104 points Suggger | 4 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.87s | source
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tomlockwood ◴[11 Dec 25 21:04 UTC] No.46237133[source]▶
As an Australian can I just say of this article: yeah nah
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1. astrange ◴[11 Dec 25 22:44 UTC] No.46238369[source]▶
One thing I remember from languagelog is that almost all English speakers have a form of "yeah no" and they all think they invented it.

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30758

Might be Scottish.

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2. tomlockwood ◴[12 Dec 25 00:00 UTC] No.46239144[source]▶
Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc.
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3. astrange ◴[12 Dec 25 00:12 UTC] No.46239254[source]▶
This is like when Australians tell me they invented drinking coffee.

(Conversely, I've seen Australians who dislike Halloween because they think it's an American invention, but it's also Scottish.)

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4. tomlockwood ◴[12 Dec 25 03:11 UTC] No.46240473{3}[source]▶
Yes we also invented drinking coffee.