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As an Australian can I just say of this article: yeah nah

• deadlyllama 10mo ago
  As a New Zealander, I can say: it's not bad.
• astrange 10mo ago
  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 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30758 Might be Scottish.
  • tomlockwood 10mo ago
    Not only did Australians invent it, we also invented Pavlova, Sam Neill, etc.
    • astrange 10mo ago
      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.)
      • tomlockwood 10mo ago
        Yes we also invented drinking coffee.