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

Ah ha, so.... come to Minnesota, there's talk with !False all the time. It fits very naturally brain-wise coming from Chinese. Just, hope you're from Dongbei or similar 'cus lol weather.

Actually in Minnesota it goes way past just !False construction, in a way that also translates well from Chinese, because you get a lot of face saving phrases. Like "that's different" as a polite way of saying something is bad.

I suspect you just learned a different kind of English.

I couldn't help but think of that classic "How to talk like a Minnesotan" video.