• abrake@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I used to know a guy who would regularly say “si” instead of “yes” in English conversations. He also wasn’t Spanish/Hispanic. It was super confusing because I thought he was interjecting to see “See…” instead of just responding affirmatively.

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      4 hours ago

      I know someone who says “true” for “yes” and “false” for no.

      “Hey, you wanna go get some lunch?” “True.”

      Once he started doing that, it took a conversation or two before I realized what he was doing.