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

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112 points Suggger | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 14:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.386s | source
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Zacharias030 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:46 UTC] No.46241821[source]▶
ok but Germans also use not bad as their highest praise and are from the west etc.
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1. gsf_emergency_6 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:55 UTC] No.46241871[source]▶
All these languages!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes#Dutch_and_German

Well, except American, I suppose